Long-term performance of the VISIR/VLT instrument before the upgrade
2012
The ESO's VLT Spectrometer and Imager for the Mid-Infrared (VISIR) has been in operation at the Paranal
Observatory since 2005. It is equipped with two DRS (formerly Boeing) 256 × 256 BIB arrays. The project to
replace detectors into new Raytheon, 1k × 1k AQUARIUS devices as well as to modify observing modes, software,
etc. is underway. The VISIR upgrade creates a well defined break point in the instruments' characteristics. For
nearly 7 years of the VISIR operations we have been collecting and processing calibration data, in particular
observations of the imaging and spectroscopic standard stars, within a regular data flow operation scheme. The
derived quality control parameters have been systematically written into a database, which allows the analysis
of their temporal behavior. We present an overview of the long term variations of the VISIR quality control
parameters: sensitivity, conversion factor and mean background level estimations. The results will be later used
to compare performance of VISIR before and after the upgrade.
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