Scientific Data
from MIDI Science Demonstration

Scientific Data from MIDI Science Demonstration

MIDI Science Demonstration activities of the VLTI with the Unit Telescopes have been ongoing since June 2003. A complete technical description of the MIDI instrument can be found at the MIDI instrument page. A technical description of the complete VLT Interferometer can be found at http://www.eso.org/projects/vlti/. A number of astronomical targets from various object classes have been observed in the framework of the Science Demonstration Time.

The data are available directly on the ESO web. Access to these data is restricted to astronomers in the ESO member countries that are registered users of the ESO Science Archive Facility (register here: http://archive.eso.org/register/new). ESO welcomes community feedback on any aspect of the reduction, analysis and interpretation of these data. Please contact the VLTI project scientist fparesce@eso.org, with your comments and for further information on this release.

The MIDI data are stored as FITS binary tables described in this document and can be visualised with the CFITSIO Interactive FITS File Editor.

If these data will be used for publications, please acknowledge that the results are based on public data released from the VLTI observing with MIDI.

Please note that these data have not been fully validated. Highlights of the science possible with some of these data have been described in the VLTI dedicated press releases and in the document entitled Scientific objectives of the VLTI.

001. MIDI SD1 and SD2/NGC1068

002. MIDI SD1/AGB Starts (RR Sco)

003. MIDI SD1/Herbig AeBe

004. MIDI SD1/Alpha Ara

006. MIDI Eta Car (Archive query, 25.06.2004)

007. OH26.5+0.6 (Archive query, 25.06.2004)

008. MIDI SD2/Betelgeuse

009. MIDI SD3/AGB Stars (RX Pup and )

010. MIDI SD3/Red Giant Stars (Psi Phe)

011. MIDI SD3/RR Tel

012. MIDI SD3/Mira

013. MIDI SD/Asteroids

014. MIDI SD/SXCen_HD52961

Scientific Datafrom MIDI Science Demonstration

Scientific Data
from MIDI Science Demonstration