Calibration of VISIR: the VLT mid-infrared imager/spectrometer

Arnaud J. Claret; Pierre-Olivier Lagage; Eric Pantin; Didier Dubreuil; Philippe Galdemard; Anton Schoenmaker; Jan-Willem Pel

doi:10.1117/12.461472

7 March 2003 Calibration of VISIR, the VLT mid-infrared imager/spectrometer

Arnaud J. Claret, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Eric Pantin, Didier Dubreuil, Philippe Galdemard, Anton Schoenmaker, Jan-Willem Pel

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Proceedings Volume 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461472
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

Since the beginning of the VISIR project, the calibration aspects have been taken into account as an integral part of the design. In order to provide the user and the archive with high quality and well-controlled data, it is mandatory to have, during the routine observation phase, all calibration observations as part of the instrument set-up activities and as part of the actual Astronomical Observing Template. We propose here to review the calibration of VISIR observations. After a description of the various hardware tools which have been introduced for calibration purposes (warm calibration unit, distortion grid, pupil imaging optics, wavelength calibration modules), we will present the calibrations in four astronomical categories (spatial resolution, photometry, astrometry and wavelength calibration). Cross-calibrations between the Imager and Spectrometer subsystems will also be addressed.

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Arnaud J. Claret, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Eric Pantin, Didier Dubreuil, Philippe Galdemard, Anton Schoenmaker, and Jan-Willem Pel "Calibration of VISIR, the VLT mid-infrared imager/spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes, (7 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461472

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