Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..509t&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 13, no. 12, p. (12)509-(12)519
Computer Science
Performance
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Cameras, Coronagraphs, Hubble Space Telescope, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Imagery, Infrared Spectrometers, Near Infrared Radiation, Optical Polarization, Performance Prediction, Satellite Ground Support, Cosmology, Cryogenic Temperature, Distance, Focal Plane Devices, Galaxies, Mercury Cadmium Tellurides, Quasars, Red Shift, Supergiant Stars, Supernovae
Scientific paper
NICMOS (the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) is a second generation scientific instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Three cryogenic cameras with 256x256 HgCdTe arrays provide diffraction limited imaging throughout the 0.8 - 2.5 micrometer spectral region. Grisms in one of the cameras produces multi-object spectroscopy for all objects in the field. Coronagraphic and polarization capabilities round out the NICMOS modes of operation. Scheduled for launch on the second HST maintenance mission in 1997, NICMOS has a five year on-orbit cryogenic lifetime.
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