MIPS : Calibration Observations
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Calibrator Summary
Retrieving Observations
Calibrator Summary
A summary of all of the calibration observations as of the 13th MIPS campaign appears in the Table below. Note that the 160 micron stars are affected by the spectral leak, and thus used for stability and templates, not flux calibration.
Calibrator summary as of the 23th MIPS campaign (August 2005).
| Mode | Total | Unique | Flux range (Jy) | Types (A/G/K/M) |
| 24 micron | 280 | 105 | 0.01-6 | 33/16/42/1 |
| 70 micron default scale | 277 | 86 | 0.05-19 | 9/6/51/15 |
| 70 micron fine scale | 37 | 11 | 0.3-19 | 1/0/5/4 |
| SED | 93 | 26 | 0.3-19 | 1/0/16/8 |
| 160 micron stars | 177 | 40 | 0.02-0.7 | 5/1/22/7 |
| 160 micron asteroids | 126 | 50 | 0.07-3 | N/A |
Retrieving Observations
To retrieve actual calibration observations, if you don't know specific names of targets, then you need a program id (pid) to retrieve the entire MIPS calibration program for a given campaign. MIPS calibrations are assigned a PID = 1700+MIPS campaign number. For example, MC 7 corresponds to 1710 and MC 18 to 1721, etc. These campaigns should include calibration for everything (all MIPS modes), so you have to investigate the specific AORs to find ones that match your needs. MIPS calibrations are done every campaign, so you should be able to start with downloading just one. If the data are not accessible from a given observation, it is most likely because there is an approved science program that is also observing that target in that mode.A complete list of the campaign numbers can be found here.
A complete list of the MIPS campaigns and calibration pids can be found here.
A (nearly) complete list of individual MIPS calibrators can also be found here, in pdf or excel, in case you want to search or sort the list yourself.
For more information, see the MIPS chapter of the SOM and the MIPS Data Handbook.
