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    • Near Infrared Camera and Multi Object Spectrograph

    Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

    The HST Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) provides imaging capabilities in broad, medium, and narrow band filters, broad-band imaging polarimetry, coronographic imaging, and slitless grism spectroscopy, in the wavelength range 0.8-2.5 microns. NICMOS has three adjacent but not contiguous cameras, designed to operate independently, each with a dedicated array at a different magnification scale.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
    Publisher MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://archive.stsci.edu/hst/nicmos
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 7766aa56-deeb-4a16-90c2-dc1c4ab75be5
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL http://www.stsci.edu/hst/nicmos/
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ce1dd2e26aa5168ad29b1d24386afe5e90cac35c2f5523fb69690ad711d59209
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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