ISRO released new pic taken by Mangalyan....

[liall]

I just want to know zooming capability of this camera, is it capable of taking pic of NASA rover on mars surface?. if it is then ISRO should take a pic of Curiosity rover and Maven in orbit that will 100% conform MOM camera is working.

It is not a spy satellite lol. You would need to launch a dedicated satellite to do that.

 

[Astra-2013]

@Imran Khan
Okay easy answer....around 4 megapixels!

How did you calculated it.
Btw my Micormax is much better with 5megapixels.

 

[RKO]

One question why did they used DSLV camera(why 4mp only)?? Nasa use different cameras.... I saw in tv that.... camera is the reason why our mars pics looks Orange while nasa images looks more red!!!

 

[Astra-2013]

temperature pata hai? kitna hai ? kulfi ban jaay gee

ISRO's space suit
Terraforming of Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Soulspeek]

I dont know whether its just me but when I look cosely at the Mars pic, it resembles southern part of USA and Mexico and Gulf of Mexico!!!

 

[TejasMk3]

How did you calculated it.
Btw my Micormax is much better with 5megapixels.

sensor is 2048 height 2048 width, so 2048x2048=4194304 pixels per image, divide by 10 lakhs to get 4.1 megapixels!

The curiosity rover uses a 2 megapixel camera (1600x1200) camera.

Similar questions were raised during the curiosity mission aswell, here is a pretty good response:
Curious about Curiosity? Here’s the tech behind NASA’s Mars rover images

With even consumer SLRs sporting sensors with 24 megapixel resolution these days, a natural question is why we're relying on cameras with 1.4 to 1.9 megapixels on a once-in-a-lifetime Mars exploration. We're hoping to bring you more details from mission scientists once the initial frenzy dies down a little, but can make some educated guesses as to the reasons for using such seemingly limited sensor chips:

1. This was a long time coming. Space missions involve years of planning and development, so components are usually selected years before the final flight date. In the case of the Mars Science Landing mission, the first call for proposals for Curiosity's scientific instruments was in April 2004, and eight proposals were selected on December 14th of that year. Most hardware development was completed by November of 2008, so the designs were certainly frozen at that time, and probably much earlier. So we're not talking about 2012 technology, but tech from 2004. Back then, 2 megapixels wasn't all that shabby.
   
   
2. Size matters. Even with a nearly 2,000-pound (899kg) rover, you still have to watch every gram of added weight. In the photography arena, this boils down to sensor size: To an order of approximation, the smaller the sensor, the smaller the optics can be, which means the smaller the mounting gimbal, etc, etc. At 13.38 x 9.52mm, Curiosity's main sensor is close to the size of the chips in Nikon's 1 series cameras (13.2 x 8.8mm), considerably smaller than even crop-frame DSLRs (typically 23.6 x 1.57mm or so). So there's less space to pack the pixels into.
   
   
3. Megapixels aren't everything. It's not too hard to stitch larger images together from smaller ones, so fewer megapixels combined with a more telephoto lens makes a lot of sense, particularly when you want the best images possible from the limited sensor area you have to work with. So nice, big 7.2 micron pixels are much to be desired for their improved signal/noise ratio, dynamic range, etc.
   
   
4. Don't bite off more than you can chew. A 36-megapixel sensor and 50-megabyte RAW files are dandy when your computer is right at the other end of a USB cable, but when you're "downloading" across a couple of hundred million kilometers, file size is a big concern. While Curiosity has a higher-bandwidth uplink back to Earth than earlier rovers did, it's still pretty limited. With a grand total of 31-32 megabytes per day of transmission capacity, the ability to grab image data in smaller chunks is pretty key.

Basically comes down to setting specs at an earlier time, size of the images as data has to be transferred all the way from mars, and also the lesser noise, smaller images are easier to stitch and so on.

 

[RKO]

I just want to know zooming capability of this camera, is it capable of taking pic of NASA rover on mars surface?. if it is then ISRO should take a pic of Curiosity rover and Maven in orbit that will 100% conform MOM camera is working.

No....the camera is only to conform that we reached mars not some other planet....lol n Its to show the world the proof that we reached it!!!

It is not a spy satellite lol. You would need to launch a dedicated satellite to do that.

Spy on Martian???

 

[Astra-2013]

No....the camera is only to conform that we reached mars not some other planet....lol n Its to show the world the proof that we reached It....


No....the camera is only to conform that we reached mars not some other planet....lol n Its to show the world the proof that we reached It....


Spy on Martian???


Spy on Martian???

Then how can we detect aliens on Mars. It is possible that NASA is not telling about aliens on Mars because they want to colonize mars and make aliens their slaves.

 

[trident2010]

Breath taking pic

 

[Friei Indien]

kitny mega pixels ka cam hai is main ?

bhai image dekh kar lagta hai ki 5 megapixel se to upar hi hoga or flash bhi hai

 

[RKO]

Then how can we detect aliens on Mars. It is possible that NASA is not telling about aliens on Mars because they want to colonize mars and make aliens their slaves.

Dont worry.... we got that covered!!!!

 

[ROCKING]

Its beautiful. Enjoy a non western pic of mars!

 

[Brahmos_2]

Mars Orbiter Sends Pictures of Dust Storm Activities on the Red Planet

 

[Imran Khan]

babwa ye photo blue toothwa se bheeg raha hai ?

 

[anant_s]

Regional dust storm activities over Northern Hemisphere of Mars - captured by Mars Color Camera on-board Mars Orbiter Spacecraft from altitude of 74500 km on Sep 28, 2014

Taken using the Mars Color Camera from an altitude of 8449 km, this image has a spatial resolution of 439 m and is centered around Lat: 20.01N, Lon:31.54E

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.

Welcome To Indian Space Research Organisation - Launch Vehicle - Image Gallery -

Btw the Color camera on the probe.