MIRSI - MID-INFRARED SPECTROMETER AND IMAGER ===================================== Instrument Overview =================== MIRSI is a mid-infrared camera system with both spectroscopic and imaging capabilities. Spectral Range: 2 - 28 microns Pixel Scale (at IRTF) (diffraction-limited): 0.27 arcsec/pixel Field of View (at IRTF): 85 x 64 arcsec Spectral Resolution (spectroscopic mode): 200 at 10 microns 100 at 20 microns Nominal point source sensitivity for 1-sigma detection in 60 sec. integration: 20 mJy at 10 microns 100 mJy at 20 microns Optics: Reflective References ========== Deutch, L., J. Hora, J. Adams, and M. Kassis, MIRSI: A mid-infrared spectrometer and imager, Astronomical Imaging and Instrumentation, SPIE 4841, 106, 2002.