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EAS Publications Series
Volume 8, 2003
Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging
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| Page(s) | 147 - 157 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2003058 | |
| Published online | 28 May 2003 | |
Claude Aime and Rémi Soummer (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 8 (2003) 147-157
A mid infrared imager for the Next Generation Space Telescope: MIRIM, the MIRI imager
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CEA Saclay, SAp, Bât. 709, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France
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.
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