Table 3.

Mastcam-Z Left (L) and Right (R) filters^a

^aRed text means new performance compared to MSL/Mastcam.

^bλ_eff is the effective band center wavelength, calculated as the weighted average of the normalized system spectral response (including optics, filter, and CCD) and the solar radiance at the top of the Martian atmosphere. HWHM is the half-width of the bandpass at half-maximum for each filter.

^cFilters L7 and R7 are for direct imaging of the Sun using Neutral Density (ND) coatings that attenuate the flux by factors of 10⁶ (ND6) and 10⁵ (ND5), respectively. Filter L7 enables 3-color (RGB) Bayer filter color imaging of the Sun at the same effective band center wavelengths as the L0 and R0 filters.

See Hayes et al. (2021) for details on these derived values.