Calnic C
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Calnic C is a program to analyze spectral data obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer is a scientific instrument for infrared astronomy, installed on the Hubble Space Telescope , operating from 1997 to 1999, and from 2002 to 2008...

 (NICMOS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...

 (HST). The program was designed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
right|The Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility is an institution which provides a number of support and service functions primarily for European observers of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

 (ST-ECF) and is programmed in IDL. Maintenance of Calnic C has stopped in 2000 and the program is now considered to be obsolete. An interactive version of the program called
NICMOSlook
NICMOSlook
NICMOSlook is a computer program to analyze spectral data obtained with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer on board the Hubble Space Telescope . The program was designed at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility and is programmed in IDL...

is available and is still actively maintained.
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