NICS: The TNG Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer

Nics, the near Ir Imager/spectrograph of the Tng

After a short introduction, the observing capabilities in the near{infrared bands of the camera/spectrograph NICS designed for the TNG are discussed, along with the expected performance in term of limiting magnitudes. The second part of the paper describes some technical details of the project, such as cryogenics, mechanics, and the system which executes data acquisition and control with the re...

NICS - TNG infrared spectroscopy of trans - neptunian objects 2000 EB 173 and 2000 WR 106

We report complete near-infrared (0.9-2.4 μm) spectral observations of trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106 collected using the new Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer (NICS) attached to the 3.56m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG). Both spectra are very red and with a quite strong and broad drop extending throughout the K band. However, while 2000 EB173 does not show any evid...

ARNICA@TNG: Performance Assessment and Forecast for NICS

This report describes the performance of the Arcetri near-infrared camera, ARNICA, mounted at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) during 1999. Since ARNICA's performance has been amply documented at other telescopes, here we emphasize aspects that are relevant to the new infrared camera-spectrometer NICS, such as camera alignment and spatial and derotator variation of the point-spread functi...

Version 3 . 0 June 1999 Near Infrared Camera and Multi - Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook

Near Infrared Camera and Multi - Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17