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A mid infrared imager for the Next Generation Space Telescope: MIRIM, the MIRI imager

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2003

Claude Aime ,
Rémi Soummer ,
D. Dubreuil  and
S. Bensammar
D. Dubreuil
Affiliation:
CEA Saclay, SAp, Bât. 709, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
S. Bensammar
Affiliation:
GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
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Abstract

MIRI is the mid infrared instrument planned for the NGST. Working in the 5 μm - 28 μm band, it includes 3 units: a spectrograph, an imager and a calibration facility. We describe here briefly MIRIM, the MIRI imager channel as it is at the end of the phase A study. MIRIM provides 3 observing modes: an imaging mode, with a Field Of View of 1.3 arcmin × 1.7 arcmin and a Pixel Field Of View of 0.1 arcsec/pixel, a coronagraphic mode and a low resolution mode for point sources, between 5 μm and 10 μm, with a spectral resolution R = λ/Δλ around 100.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 8: Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging , 2003 , pp. 147 - 157
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2003

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