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VMC - First light from Mars (38° error!) 28 Jan 2007 Mars Express 07-028 21.48.52 VMC Img No 27.png Unfortunately, due to a coordinate error defining the attitude of the spacecraft, we pointed 38 degrees in the wrong direction! Luckily VMC has a 40 degree FOV (field of view), so we caught a sliver of Mars on the edge of the image, proving that after 3 years of hibernation without being switched on VMC was still operational and could indeed image the planet it is orbiting. Exposure time: 9ms
