MIPS IOC Strategy: Five Activity Groups (3)
Preliminary Calibration
- Production of pipeline-quality flatfields
- Determination of MIPS radiometric throughput
- SED mode wavelength calibration
- Radiometry tests
- Spectral leak checks
- Calibration of stimulators against celestial sources
Validation and Commissioning of AOTs
- Basic commanding -- does the AOT work?
- Detailed validation over a wide range of parameter space
- Pipeline function and quality
Early Release Observations, e.g.
- Three band scan of a nearby galaxy
- Imaging of a large SNR of PNe
- Three band scan of an active star forming region