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Table 1

Log of the VISIR observations of Betelgeuse and Aldebaran.

Star MJD Filter NDIT DIT θ AM
(ms) (″)

α Tau 12.2877 J7.9 1600 40 0.70 1.38
α Tau 12.2897 PAH1 6400 10 0.69 1.39
α Tau 12.2917 SIV 4000 16 0.75 1.40
α Tau 12.2936 PAH2 8000 8 0.63 1.40
α Tau 12.2957 SiC 5120 12.5 0.78 1.41
α Tau 12.2977 NeII 5120 12.5 1.02 1.42
α Tau 12.3005 Q 1 10 240 12.5 1.08 1.43
α Tau 12.3039 Q 3 16 000 8 1.27 1.44

α Ori 12.3136 J7.9 1800 40 1.89 1.18
α Ori 12.3166 PAH1 14 400 10 1.51 1.19
α Ori 12.3203 SIV 9000 16 1.59 1.19
α Ori 12.3239 PAH2 16 000 8 1.40 1.19
α Ori 12.3274 SiC 11 520 12.5 1.66 1.20
α Ori 12.3309 NEII 11 520 12.5 1.91 1.20
α Ori 12.3337 Q 1 6080 12.5 1.75 1.21
α Ori 12.3357 Q 3 8000 8 1.70 1.21

Notes. MJD is the modified Julian date of the start the exposures on the target minus 55 500. The Detector Integration Time (DIT) is the exposure time for one BURST image, θ the seeing in the visible (λ = 0.5   μm) measured by the observatory DIMM sensor, and AM the airmass of the observation.

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