The Multiband Imaging Photometry for Spitzer (MIPS)

G. H. Rieke, E. T. Young, C. W. Engelbracht, D. M. Kelly, F. J. Low, E. E. Haller, J. W. Beeman, K. D. Gordon, J. A. Stansberry, K. A. Misselt, J. Cadien, J. E. Morrison, W. B. Latter, A. Noriega-Crespo, D. L. Padgett, K. R. Stapelfeldt, D. C. Hines, E. Egami, J. Muzerolle, A. Alonso-Herrero, M. Blaylock, H. Dole, J. L. Hinz, E. Le Floc'h, C. Papovich, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, P. S. Smith, K. Y. L. Su, L. Bennett, D. T. Frayer, D. Henderson, N. Lu, F. Masci, M. Pesenson, L. Rebull, J. Rho, J. Keene, S. Stolovy, S. Wachter, W. Wheaton, & P. L. Richards 2004, ApJS, 154, 25

The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) provides long-wavelength capability for the mission in imaging bands at 24, 70, and 160 µm and measurements of spectral energy distributions between 52 and 100 µm at a spectral resolution of about 7%. By using true detector arrays in each band, it provides both critical sampling of the Spitzer point-spread function and relatively large imaging fields of view, allowing for substantial advances in sensitivity, angular resolution, and efficiency of areal coverage compared with previous space far-infrared capabilities. The 24 µm array has excellent photometric properties, and measurements with rms relative errors of about 1% can be obtained. The two longer-wavelength arrays use detectors with poor photometric stability, but a system of onboard stimulators used for relative calibration, combined with a unique data pipeline, produce good photometry with rms relative errors of less than 10%.

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