MIPS Scan Map AOT
Use: Simultaneous mapping in the 24, 70, and 160 micron bands using combined cryogenic scan mirror and telescope motions to freeze the image on the arrays.
Scan strips are made with minimum overhead, making this mode very efficient when compared to other “point and shoot” modes.
Options:
- Size of the region to be mapped in scan lengths, offset steps, and number of scan “legs.”
- Scan rates (approximate):
- 3 arcseconds/second (results in 100 seconds integration per point)
- 7.5 arcseconds/second (results in 40 seconds integration per point)
- 20 arcseconds/second (results in 15 seconds integration per point)
- Number of map repeats.
The orientation of the scan direction on the sky cannot be specified without scheduling limitations.