NICMOS Pointed Thermal Background: Results from On-Orbit data
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This ISR presents the results of the analysis of NICMOS pointed thermal background data taken as part of the Servicing Mission Orbital Verification (SMOV). Observations in NICMOS Camera 3 are taken at different pointings and analysis of the data shows the HST thermal emission to be fairly stable. Furthermore, data obtained with multiple filters shows no significant differences with the background calculated with the NICMOS Exposure Time Calculator.
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