A&A Supplement series, Vol. 128, February II 1998, 207-219
Received January 13; accepted June 17, 1997
P.L. Hammersley
, M. Jourdain de
Muizon
, M.F. Kessler
,
P. Bouchet
, R.D. Joseph
,
H.J. Habing
, A. Salama, and L. Metcalfe
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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna,
Tenerife, Spain
DESPA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
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IRTF, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu,
HI96822, U.S.A.
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513,
2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
We present N, 8.7 
m, 9.8 m 12.5 m and Q bolometry of 26
stars which were observed on the IRTF. These are primarily K giants
which have been well measured at other wavelengths and are chosen to be
single and non-variable. Hence the data presented provides a new homogeneous
set of mid IR standards. As a
test of part of the calibration strategy of ISO over this wavelength
range, the zero points have been set using the Kurucz model grids
(1993) to predict the mid IR magnitudes from near IR data. An analysis
of the errors involved is presented and a comparison with more direct
methods for the determination of the zero points suggest an possible
error of 0.015 mags, although the source of this error is unclear as
it is at the level of the uncertainty in the more direct methods. The
effect of the SiO fundamental on the spectral energy distributions of
K giants is discussed.
keywords: techniques: photometric -- stars: fundamental parameters -- infrared: stars