Mars 2020 Perseverance SHERLOC WATSON camera pre-delivery characterization and calibration image data

The data presented here include images acquired by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera during pre-delivery characterization and calibration testing at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS, San Diego, California, USA) in September and October 2019. They also include video documentation of the camera’s dust cover motion. WATSON is one of two imaging subsystems of the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals) instrument onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover which landed in Jezero crater, Mars, in February 2021.

These data accompany the instrument calibration and characterization report by Edgett et al. (2019) and the WATSON characteristics reported by Bhartia et al. (2021). The image data presented here are listed and described in the Appendix to Edgett et al. (2019), which is also available here with the data.

References cited:

Bhartia, R., L. W. Beegle, L. DeFlores, W. Abbey, J. Razzell Hollis, K. Uckert, B. Monacelli, K. S. Edgett, M. R. Kennedy, M. Sylvia, D. Aldrich, M. Anderson, S. A. Asher, Z. Bailey, K. Boyd, A. S. Burton, M. Caffrey, M. J. Calaway, R. Calvet, B. Cameron, M. A. Caplinger, B. L. Carrier, N. Chen, A. Chen, M. J. Clark, S. Clegg, P. G. Conrad, M. Cooper, K. N. Davis, B. Ehlmann, L. Facto, M. D. Fries, D. H. Garrison, D. Gasway, F. T. Ghaemi, T. G. Graff, K. P. Hand, C. Harris, J. D. Hein, N. Heinz, H. Herzog, E. Hochberg, A. Houck, W. F. Hug, E. H. Jensen, L. C. Kah, J. Kennedy, R. Krylo, J. Lam, M. Lindeman, J. McGlown, J. Michel, E. Miller, Z. Mills, M. E. Minitti, F. Mok, J. Moore, K. H. Nealson, A. Nelson, R. Newell, B. E. Nixon, D. A. Nordman, D. Nuding, S. Orellana, M. Pauken, G. Peterson, R. Pollock, H. Quinn, C. Quinto, M. A. Ravine, R. D. Reid, J. Riendeau, A. J. Ross, J. Sackos, J. A. Schaffner, M. Schwochert, M. O Shelton, R. Simon, C. L. Smith, P. Sobron, K. Steadman, A. Steele, D. Thiessen, V. D. Tran, T. Tsai, M. Tuite, E. Tung, R. Wehbe, R. Weinberg, R. H. Weiner, R. C. Wiens, K. Williford, C. Wollonciej, Y.-H. Wu, R. A. Yingst, J. Zan (2021) Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) investigation, Space Science Reviews 217, 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00812-z

Edgett, K. S., M. A. Caplinger, M. A. Ravine (2019) Mars 2020 Perseverance SHERLOC WATSON Camera Pre-delivery Characterization and Calibration Report, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18447.00165