Nics, the near Ir Imager/spectrograph of the Tng
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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 related software.
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