ISRO releases first images of Moon captured by Chandrayaan2's OHRC

On Friday, Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) has released first pictures of Moon. Orbiter High-Resolution Camera (OHRC), an essential component of country’s Second Moon Mission Chandrayaan 2, was responsible for providing very high spatial resolution ims of Moon. According to ISRO, it has a spatial resolution of 25 cm from a 100 km orbit. OHRC operates in a Panchromatic band of 450-800 nm. This, in turn, paves way for sharpest ims from a lunar orbiter platform. It has emerged as an important tool for lunar topography studies of specific areas.

Im acquired on September 5

ISRO has given specific details about timing and location of im. It states that im was taken at 4.38 am Indian Standard Time (IST) on September 5 from an altitude of 100 km. Located in sourn polar area of moon, im covered a part of BOGUSLAWSKY E crater and its surroundings. It has a diameter of 14 km and a depth of 3 km. This crater has been named after Palon H Ludwig von Boguslawsky, who was a German astromer latitude and longitude coordinates of this spot have been given as 74.623 South and 54.087 East. Ims showcasing close up views have also been released to give more clarity on specific aspects like presence of small craters and boulders.

ISRO shares first observations

Launched on July 22, Chandrayaan 2 mission suffered a mir glitch at last moment with loss of communication with Vikram lander. Confusion persists over wher Vikram achieved soft landing on Moon. In meanwhile, ISRO shared findings of Chandrayaan 2 orbiter's paylo Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) on Thursday. It detected charged particles and ir intensity variations during its first pass through geotail within first few days of observation.

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