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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
In This Chapter...
Purpose / 3
Layout / 4
NICMOS Proposal Preparation / 7
The Help Desk at STScI / 8
The NICMOS Instrument Team at STScI / 8
Supporting Information and the NICMOS Web Site / 9
The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, NICMOS, is a second-generation instrument installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the Second Servicing Mission in February 1997. NICMOS provides HST with infrared imaging and spectroscopic capabilities between 0.8 and 2.5 microns. From above the earth's atmosphere, NICMOS provides access to this complete spectral range without hindrance from atmospheric emission or absorption at a sensitivity and angular resolution not possible from the ground.
This Handbook provides the instrument specific information you need to propose HST observations (Phase I), design accepted proposals (Phase II), and understand NICMOS in detail. It has been revised to include the results of the on-orbit checkout program (SMOV) available as of July 7, 1997.
This chapter explains the layout of the Handbook and how to get additional help and information through the Help Desk and STScI World Wide Web pages.
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