What is MIA?

MIA stands for MIDI Interactive Analysis, which means

• It does something with MIDI data
• You have to type commands or push the mouse
• It allows you to look at the data

Originally, MIA was written to allow us (i.e. the MIDI group at MPIA Heidelberg) to have a quick look at the data during the observations on Paranal, or shortly after they arrived in Heidelberg, in order to prepare the next observations. Naturally, this requires to calculate the correlated flux and visibility, since this is the main result of the observations. Since this is the scientific result one usually wants to get from MIDI observations, it can also be used to reduce data and produce publications, although this requires an astronomer who knows what he is doing.

Where is the documentation?

The answer is

At this URL you can find the most up-to-date version of MIA and some documentation about it. Make sure you don't forget it!

Supported Modes

	Dispersive Elements
		PRISM	fully supported
		GRISM	not fully tested
	Channels
		HIGH_SENSE	fully supported
		SCI_PHOT	photometric beams are ignored
	Tracking mode
		undispersed	fully supported
		dispersed	not fully tested