A New Era of High Resolution Near Infrared
Imaging and Spectroscopy
An International Workshop
held in Pula in Sardinia, Italy, May 26-27, 1998
Organizing Committee:
P. Benvenuti, G. De Marchi, R. Fosbury, W. Freudling (chair),
A. Moorwood, N. Pirzkal, R. Hook, W. Sparks, R. Thompson, B. Sjöberg
ST-ECF,
ESO, STScI and the NICMOS IDT organized a workshop on near infrared
imaging from space and ground was held in Pula on May 26-27, 1998. The
purpose of the workshop was to review what has been achieved with the Near
Infrared and Multi Object Spectrograph (NICMOS) on board of HST, what can
be achieved in the remaining lifetime of the instrument, and how NICMOS
observations can be optimized taking into account the availability of IR
imaging and spectroscopy on ESO's Very large Telescope (VLT) in the near
future. The
meeting was held in May 1998, about one year after science observations
started with NICMOS, and about half a year before the Infrared Spectrometer
and Array Camera (ISAAC) starts to operate on the VLT. Currently, it is
expected that NICMOS will operate until the end of 1998.
ST-ECF,
ESO, STScI and the NICMOS IDT organized a workshop on near infrared
imaging from space and ground was held in Pula on May 26-27, 1998. The
purpose of the workshop was to review what has been achieved with the Near
Infrared and Multi Object Spectrograph (NICMOS) on board of HST, what can
be achieved in the remaining lifetime of the instrument, and how NICMOS
observations can be optimized taking into account the availability of IR
imaging and spectroscopy on ESO's Very large Telescope (VLT) in the near
future. 
The
meeting was held in May 1998, about one year after science observations
started with NICMOS, and about half a year before the Infrared Spectrometer
and Array Camera (ISAAC) starts to operate on the VLT. Currently, it is
expected that NICMOS will operate until the end of 1998.