NICS: The TNG Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer

Citation
C. Baffa et al., NICS: The TNG Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer, ASTRON ASTR, 378(2), 2001, pp. 722-728
Citations number
16
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
1432-0746 → ACNP
Volume
378
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
722 - 728
Database
ISI
SICI code
1432-0746(200111)378:2<722:NTTNIC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
NICS (the Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer) is a cooled near-infrared came ra-spectrometer that has been developed by the Arcetri Infrared Group at th e Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, in collaboration with the CAISMI-CNR f or the TNG (the Italian National Telescope Galileo at La Palma, Canary Isla nds, Spain). As NICS is in its scientific commissioning phase, we report it s observing capabilities in the near-infrared bands at the TNG, along with the measured performance and the limiting magnitudes. We also describe some technical details of the project, such as cryogenics, mechanics, and the s ystem which executes data acquisition and control, along with the related s oftware.