Post-NCS performance of the HST NICMOS

Alfred B. Schultz; Megan Sosey; Lisa M. Mazzuca; Howard A. Bushouse; Mark Dickinson; Torsten Boeker; Daniela Calzetti; Santiago Arribas; Louis E. Bergeron; Wolfram Freudling; Sherie T. Holfeltz; Sangeeta Malhotra; Bahram Mobasher; Keith Noll; Erin Roye; Chun Xu

doi:10.1117/12.461243

5 March 2003 Post-NCS Performance of the HST NICMOS

Alfred B. Schultz, Megan Sosey, Lisa M. Mazzuca, Howard A. Bushouse, Mark Dickinson, Torsten Boeker, Daniela Calzetti, Santiago Arribas, Louis E. Bergeron, Wolfram Freudling, Sherie T. Holfeltz, Sangeeta Malhotra, Bahram Mobasher, Keith Noll, Erin Roye, Chun Xu

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Proceedings Volume 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461243
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We describe the on-orbit performance of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) following the installation of the NICMOS Cooling System (NCS). NICMOS is operated at a higher temperature (~77 K) than in the previous observing 1997-1998 period (~62 K). Due to the higher operating temperature, the detector QE is higher, while the well depth is less. The spatial structure of the flat field response remained essentially unchanged. We will show the effects of operating at the higher temperature and present current NICMOS calibration images. In addition, we present an overview of on-orbit testing and report on the re-enabling of NICMOS.

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Alfred B. Schultz, Megan Sosey, Lisa M. Mazzuca, Howard A. Bushouse, Mark Dickinson, Torsten Boeker, Daniela Calzetti, Santiago Arribas, Louis E. Bergeron, Wolfram Freudling, Sherie T. Holfeltz, Sangeeta Malhotra, Bahram Mobasher, Keith Noll, Erin Roye, and Chun Xu "Post-NCS Performance of the HST NICMOS", Proc. SPIE 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (5 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461243

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