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by wigster 3628 days ago
seems very blurry. Hopefully sharper ones to come.
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But don't expect any images better than Galileo sent. Camera was not a priority for Juno.
There is some basic info on the vehicle and its payload at [1]. "The spacecraft will also carry a color camera, called JunoCam, to provide the public with the first detailed glimpse of Jupiter's poles." - so like you say, not a priority. More on JunoCam at [2].

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/spacecraft/index.htm...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JunoCam

Yep, Juno's orbit will take it much closer than this, so we should expect more interesting photos in about a month's time.
This photo was taken from 2.7M miles, and Juno will approach closer than 3,000 miles of the cloud tops, so you can expect the resolution to get roughly 9 thousand times better.