What is the name of Juno's visible-light camera?

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Juno’s visible-light camera is called JunoCam.

JunoCam is a camera and telescope mounted on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which entered orbit around Jupiter in 2016. It was designed primarily for public engagement and outreach, but its images have also supported scientific studies of Jupiter’s cloud bands, polar storms, moons, and atmospheric features.

The camera is fixed to the spacecraft rather than pointed independently. As Juno rotates, JunoCam scans a swath across its target, using a push-broom imaging technique. It has a field of view of about 58 degrees and uses color filters, along with a methane-band filter that helps reveal high-altitude cloud structure.

JunoCam is sometimes confused with instruments on other planetary missions. Mastcam belongs to NASA’s Mars rovers, HiRISE is a high-resolution camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and NavCam is a generic navigation-camera name used on several spacecraft. JunoCam is the camera specifically associated with Juno’s public-facing Jupiter imagery.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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