JWST MIRI flight performance: Imaging

Dan Dicken; Macarena García Marín; Irene Shivaei; Pierre Guillard; Mattia Libralato; Alistair Glasse; Karl D. Gordon; Christophe Cossou; Patrick Kavanagh; Tea Temim; Nicolas Flagey; Pamela Klaassen; George H. Rieke; Gillian Wright; Stacey Alberts; Ruyman Azzollini; Javier Álvarez-Márquez; Patrice Bouchet; Stacey Bright; Misty Cracraft; Alain Coulais; Ors Hunor Detre; Mike Engesser; Ori D. Fox; Andras Gaspar; René Gastaud; Adrian M. Glauser; Dean C. Hines; Sarah Kendrew; Alvaro Labiano; Pierre Oliver Lagage; David Lee; David R. Law; Jane E. Morrison; Alberto Noriega-Crespo; Olivia Jones; Polychronis Patapis; Silvia Scheithauer; G. C. Sloan; Laszlo Tamas

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202449451

JWST MIRI flight performance: Imaging

Dan Dicken
, Macarena García Marín
, Irene Shivaei
, Pierre Guillard
, Mattia Libralato
, Alistair Glasse
, Karl D. Gordon
, Christophe Cossou
, Patrick Kavanagh
, Tea Temim
, Nicolas Flagey
, Pamela Klaassen
, George H. Rieke
, Gillian Wright
, Stacey Alberts
, Ruyman Azzollini
, Javier Álvarez-Márquez
, Patrice Bouchet
, Stacey Bright
, Misty Cracraft

Alain Coulais, Ors Hunor Detre, Mike Engesser, Ori D. Fox, Andras Gaspar, René Gastaud, Adrian M. Glauser, Dean C. Hines, Sarah Kendrew, Alvaro Labiano, Pierre Oliver Lagage, David Lee, David R. Law, Jane E. Morrison, Alberto Noriega-Crespo, Olivia Jones, Polychronis Patapis, Silvia Scheithauer, G. C. Sloan, Laszlo Tamas

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Abstract

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the observatory with a huge advance in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy covering the wavelength range of 5a 28 μm. This paper describes the performance and characteristics of the MIRI imager as understood during observatory commissioning activities, and through its first year of science operations. We discuss the measurements and results of the imagera-s point spread function, flux calibration, background, distortion and flat fields as well as results pertaining to best observing practices for MIRI imaging, and discuss known imaging artefacts that may be seen during or after data processing. Overall, we show that the MIRI imager has met or exceeded all its pre-flight requirements, and we expect it to make a significant contribution to mid-infrared science for the astronomy community for years to come.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	A5
Journal	Astronomy and astrophysics
Volume	689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449451
State	Published - Sep 1 2024

Keywords

Instrumentation: photometers
Techniques: photometric
Telescopes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Dicken, D., Marín, M. G., Shivaei, I., Guillard, P., Libralato, M., Glasse, A., Gordon, K. D., Cossou, C., Kavanagh, P., Temim, T., Flagey, N., Klaassen, P., Rieke, G. H., Wright, G., Alberts, S., Azzollini, R., Álvarez-Márquez, J., Bouchet, P., Bright, S., ... Tamas, L. (2024). JWST MIRI flight performance: Imaging. Astronomy and astrophysics, 689, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449451

Dicken, D, Marín, MG, Shivaei, I, Guillard, P, Libralato, M, Glasse, A, Gordon, KD, Cossou, C, Kavanagh, P, Temim, T, Flagey, N, Klaassen, P, Rieke, GH, Wright, G, Alberts, S, Azzollini, R, Álvarez-Márquez, J, Bouchet, P, Bright, S, Cracraft, M, Coulais, A, Detre, OH, Engesser, M, Fox, OD, Gaspar, A, Gastaud, R, Glauser, AM, Hines, DC, Kendrew, S, Labiano, A, Lagage, PO, Lee, D, Law, DR, Morrison, JE, Noriega-Crespo, A, Jones, O, Patapis, P, Scheithauer, S, Sloan, GC & Tamas, L 2024, 'JWST MIRI flight performance: Imaging', Astronomy and astrophysics, vol. 689, A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449451

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