JPL MID-INFRARED LARGE-WELL IMAGER
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  Instrument Overview                                                         
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    MIRLIN is a 128 x 128 pixel, 7 - 25 micron infrared astronomical          
    camera built at JPL and used on the Palomar 5 meter (200 inch)            
    telescope, the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility 3 meter telescope,        
    and the Keck II 10 meter telescope.  MIRLIN's camera is based on          
    Boeing's HF-16 128 x 128 Si:As BIB array.  At the IRTF, MIRLIN has        
    a plate scale of 0.475 arcsec/pixel and a field of view of 61             
    arcsec.  At the IRTF its sensitivity for a 5-sigma detection in 60        
    seconds integration is 90 mJy at 10 microns.  The filter set              
    includes the M, N, Q, Q-short, and Q-long filters, the OCLI               
    6-filter 10 micron silicate set, a 7-filter narrow-band 20 micron         
    set, and a 7-14 micron, 2 percent resolution CVF.