MIPS News

2008

• Jan 25: New MIPS S17 Description.

2007

• Aug 24: New MIPS Data Handbook (v3.3)
• May 25: S15.3 pipeline changes for MIPS 24 microns (Actually implemented in the S16 pipeline reprocessing). Describes fixes for droop and linearity corrections.
• May 25: Updated MIPS S16 Description.
• May 4: MIPS 24, 70, & 160um Calibration papers.
• May 4: New MIPS S16 Description.
• Mar 16: New MIPS PRFs.
• Feb 2: New MIPS Data Features/Caveats page

2006

• Dec 1: New MIPS Pocket Guide
• Nov 22: New MIPS S15 Description
• Nov 14: Updated MIPS Sensitivity information
• Nov 7: Updated MIPS Stability information
• Sep 28: Updated MIPS Saturation information
• Jan 23: New 70 um sensitivity reports
• Jan 4: New list of MIPS calibrators

2005

• Oct 31: New 160 extended saturation, propagated to saturation page and pocket guide.
• Oct 19: General freshening up of pages for the CP-3 release Nov 1.
• Oct 6: New 24 um PRFs.
• Aug 4: New aperture corrections (preliminary).
• Jul 6: Internal report by Frayer et al. on 70 um Warm Campaign 10K Sensitivity Tests. Data for this test have also been released; the program with these AORs is 1862, and the AOR labels are "xFLS-N", where N goes from 1 to 6.
• May 12: updated Data Handbook
• Apr 26: new files produced for S12
• Mar 23: new contributed software resource for MIPS 70 um filtering.
• Mar 21: Updated Data Handbook
• Mar 15: Updated pmask and bmask information for Ge arrays.
• Jan 15: Updated version of the Gordon et al. 2005 PASP paper on MIPS pipelines

2004

• Dec 16: Updated note on conversion factors (instrumental units to MJy/sr)
• Dec 16: Updated version (v. 2.1) of Data Handbook.
• Nov 17: Important note on conversion factors (instrumental units to MJy/sr)
• Nov 15: Updated version of MIPS Data Handbook
• Nov 11: New MIPS document: "Processing of 24 micron Image Data at the Spitzer Science Center" by F. Masci, et al., presented at the November 2004 ADASS meeting
• Oct 21: Updates to several sections in preparation for release of SOM 5.0. Mostly minor updates in many different places. Biggest addition is the Best Observing Practices
• Oct 6: New sensitivities and saturations.
• Jun 28: New Data Handbook version!
• Jun 28: New page on Accuracy, Stability, and Repeatability
• Jun 28: New SPIE papers on MIPS have been posted to the documents section. (see under "MIPS papers and background information")
• May 10: New Data Handbook!
• May 10: New files, filenames, and mask files on the data products page
• Feb 20: New S9.5 mosaic header and 24 um pmask definition linked into data products page
• Jan 12-20
• New memo with updated information in post-launch overview file (numbers have been propagated to the rest of the MIPS site, including the sensitivity page and the saturation page, as well as the MIPS pocket guide.)
• Quoted SED sensitivity number clarification on the MIPS sensitivity page
• New 24 um sensitivity plots for MIPS (small-field photometry, large-field photometry, scan)
• Update to wavelengths listed in the MIPS instrument description - the wavelengths as listed before were the effective wavelengths (24, 70, 160), but the weighted average wavelengths (23.68, 71.42, 155.9) are what should be used for all calibration and color correction calculations.
• MIPS table of available scan leg offsets
• Papers and talks from 2004 Atlanta AAS - MIPS ones included

Post-Launch Updates December 19, 2003

• Post-Launch Overview (a plain text summary of the biggest changes to MIPS)
• Post-launch field-of-view updates
• Post-launch spectral response updates
• Sensitivities - only two 24 micron plots have been presented here, along with the best knowledge for point sources for each band; the rest will be updated as soon as possible.
• Saturations - the best knowledge has been presented here; the rest will be updated as soon as possible.
• AOT introduction - no changes were made to the scan AOTs, but both the 70 and 160 micron PH/SR AOTs were altered.

New Data Products July 2003

Presentations from Observation Planning Workshops December 2002