Abstract

A number of high-resolution images of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere were received from the imaging photopolarimeter (IPP) aboard Pioneer 11 in 1974. Erratic scanning of the IPP caused severe distortions in three scientifically important images, which until now have never been satisfactorily restored. We report new rectification and enhancement techniques, implemented on up-to-date image processing hardware, yielding images of sufficient quality to enable full scientific exploitation of the photometric data.

© 1981 Optical Society of America

Pioneer Imaging Photopolarimeter Optical System

S. F. Pellicori, E. E. Russell, and L. A. Watts
Appl. Opt. 12(6) 1246-1258 (1973)

Voyager spacecraft images of Jupiter and Saturn

Morris M. Birnbaum
Appl. Opt. 21(2) 214-227 (1982)

Infrared Radiometer for the Pioneer 10 and 11 Missions to Jupiter

M. L. Bender, P. W. Callaway, S. C. Chase, G. F. Moore, and R. D. Ruiz
Appl. Opt. 13(11) 2623-2628 (1974)

Pre-inverse filtering of distorted images

Bahaa E. A. Saleh and Nikola S. Subotic
Appl. Opt. 20(22) 3912-3916 (1981)

Polarization imaging

Jerry E. Solomon
Appl. Opt. 20(9) 1537-1544 (1981)