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Here we have collected all in one place all of the most important notes about IRS, mostly IRS data. They are listed here in reverse chronological order.

To be notified of these sorts of things directly when they are posted, please subscribe to the IRS interest group mailing list.

DateItem
07 Jan 08 Re-Calibration of the IRS PU Arrays
29 Oct 07 New SMART release
31 Jul 07 Reprocessed IRS SL and LH data
22 Jun 07 Three notes of interest
13 Feb 07 Note on how to extract IRS campaign 37 data using the current version of SPICE
9 Jan 07
20 Nov 06Several items:
3 Nov 06 New Version of SPICE
31 Oct 06 Version 6.2 Beta of SMART released from Cornell.
17 Oct 06 Peak-Up Imaging (PUI) Calibration Memo
5 Jun 06 IRS LH Time-Dependent Dark Memo
9 May 06 IRS LL fluxcon table
1 Apr 06 IRS Data Handbook
7 Mar 06 Note sent just to PUI observers
6 Mar 06 SMART version (v5.5.7, for S13). Be sure to save the contents of your old smart shell file before untarring so you don't have to figure out the correct paths etc. all over again.
2 Mar 06 Spice versions
17 Feb 06(technically, not sent out so not a "note", but seemed worthwile to post here anyway) PUI color corrections
8 Feb 06 TOPIC: RUMOR REGARDING DESIGNATION OF NO-IRS-OBSERVING ZONES

We have received two queries regarding a rumor that the SSC is going to designate certain areas of the sky as off-limits to IRS. According to the rumor we are working on this now but aren't going tell anyone which areas are banned until after the Cycle-3 proposal deadline.

This rumor is patently false.

The IRS saturation limits are outlined in the Spitzer Observer's Manual and further details about specific bright objects to avoid are provided on the web (http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/documents/brightobj/). We review bright objects on a case-by-case basis and will continue to do this for the foreseeable future. We have no plan to change this.

24 Jan 06Report on ultradeep IRS spectroscopy of faint sources (AORs to go with report)
24 Jan 06Tips and Techniques for Properly Designing IRS Spectral Maps (updated Best Observing Practices)
24 Jan 06Tips and Techniques for Reducing IRS data
3 Jan 06information on the teardrop
16 Dec 05IRSCLEAN_MASK and IRSCLEAN released
12 Dec 05Important note about IRS data from campaigns 25 and 26 processed with S13 data
3 Oct 05Note on uncertainty propagation in IRS data
21 Sep 05Note on 120+ sec ramp durations
26 Aug 05Memo on rogue pixels, and graphic to go with it; also see rogue pixel pages
18 Aug 05data analysis workshop talks have been posted for all instruments; IRS was Thursday and Friday.
Includes information on IRS extended sources; see talk by K. Sheth.
28 Jul 05Rogue pixel information
17 Jul 05Several items:
26 Jun 05 Note on primary causes of blue peak-up failure

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