2004 Spitzer Calibration Workshop in November

A day-long Spitzer Calibration Workshop will be held on November 8, 2004,
at the  Sheraton Pasadena Hotel, in conjunction with "The Spitzer Space
Telescope: New Views of the Cosmos."  The goal is to bring together
instrument experts, Legacy teams, and general observers, who may be
attending New Views (although this is not a pre-requisite) to share
information about the calibration of Spitzer data. This FREE workshop is
intended to address our current state of knowledge of Spitzer
calibration.

Please see http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/ost/workshop/2004calib/ .

A tentative list of topics to be covered include: 

  -Flux calibration 

    *Point-source calibration for IRAC, MIPS 24µm, and IRS Peak-up images 
    *Calibration of the MIPS Ge bands 
    *Spectral calibration of IRS and MIPS SED modes 
    *Calibration of extended sources 
    *Modeling of calibration sources in the infrared 
    *Cross-calibration of the instruments 

  -Pointing calibration 

    *Pointing information from spacecraft telemetry 
    *Refining pointing using science data 
    *Estimation of distortions 

  -Other calibration-related items 

    *Estimation of point-response functions 
    *Detector "features" 

Other topics to be added. If you would like to contribute a short talk on
a  topic above, or a related topic, please indicate this on the
registration form at the website and provide a tentative title and short
talk description. 

Note that registration for this workshop is separate from registration for
the  New Views Conference. You need not attend both. Also, registration
for New Views  does not guarantee registration for this workshop. So,
register today for the workshop! Registration is currently limited to 60
participants.

Deadline for workshop registration: 2004 Oct 1.

If you have any questions regarding the workshop not covered on the
webpage,  please feel free to email the workshop organizers at
obsplan@ipac.caltech.edu.

See you there!