If your Phase I proposal is accepted, you will be asked to submit a Phase II proposal in which you specify the exact configurations, exposure times and sequences of observations that NICMOS and the telescope should perform. To assemble your Phase II proposal, you should use the NICMOS Instrument Handbook in conjunction with the Phase II Proposal Instructions. These instructions describe the rules and syntax that apply to the planning and scheduling of NICMOS observations and provide relevant observatory information.
At this time, predictions of the performance of NICMOS should be treated as
-provisional, and users should adopt conservative expectations for the performance
of the instrument in Cycle 7-NICMOS. See Chapter 2 for a detailed discussion of
issues which are unresolved as this is written.