Tools and Tips
VISIR-specific tools
- Flux catalog of 425 Mid-Infrared Standard Stars for VISIR imager filters based on Cohen et al. (ASCII, binary fitstable)
- Selected list of 81 Standard Stars from Cohen et al. (ASCII)
- Selected list of 12 Standard Stars from Cohen et al. (ASCII)
- Flux catalog of 44 A0 stars for VISIR imager filters (ASCII)
- List of (23 bright) MIR (TIMMI2) calibration standard stars
- HITRAN atmospheric transmission profiles for Paranal (2500m, 1mm H2O). Files contain wavelength and transmission for zenith (0deg), 30deg and 60deg (by courtesy of B. Schulz)
- Guidecam: A tool to select a suitable guide star: manual binary
Generic Tools and information
- ETC, Exposure Time Calculators
- ProposalPreparation and Submission
- Magnitude/Flux/Jansky simulator (NICMOS tool, very good!)
- Other ground-based Mid-Infrared Instruments and Projects
| Canari Cam | CanariCAM : Mid IR imager, spectroscopic, polarimetric, coronographic options at 10m GTC. |
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| KECK-Observatory | LWS: Long wavelength spectrometer. LWIRC: Long wavelength infrared camera. |
| Subaru | COMICS: Cooled mid infrared camera and spectrograph. |
| GEMINI-North | Michelle: Mid IR echelle spectrograph and imager. |
| GEMINI-South: | OSCIR (mid IR imager/spectrometer, already in use at 4m CTIO telescope) T-RECS (Mid IR Imager/Spectrometer for Gemini South) |
| TIMMI2 | TIMMI2 : Mid IR imager with spectroscopic and polarimetric options at the ESO 3.6m. |