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

Version 4 . 0 May 2000 Near Infrared Camera and Multi - Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 10

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

Analysis of Polarized Light with NICMOS

The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST ) contains optics in Cameras 1 and 2 (NIC1 and NIC2) that enable imaging polarimetry at D1 and 2 km, respectively, with unprecedented spatial detail. PreÑight thermal vacuum tests revealed that the three polarizers in each camera have unique polarizing efficiencies and that the rotational orie...

High - resolution Near - Infrared Images and Models of the Circumstellar Disk in HH 30

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (NICMOS) observations of the reflection nebulosity associated with the T Tauri star HH 30. The images show the scattered light pattern characteristic of a highly inclined, optically thick disk with a prominent dustlane whose width decreases

Substellar Companions to Nearby Stars from NICMOS Surveys

A coronagraphic imaging survey of 65 nearby stars was conducted using the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) on the Hubble Space Telescope by the Instrument Definition Team. Using these guaranteed time observations we searched for very low mass stellar and substellar (extra-solar giant planet and brown dwarf) companions to young main sequence and late M dwarf stars. Nin...