The NICMOS Parallel Survey

The NICMOS Parallel Survey
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Parallel Observing

The NICMOS Parallel Survey used the pure parallel observing mode with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to observe a large area of the sky in the near infrared. Both slitless grism spectroscopy and direct imaging were obtained in Cycles 7, 11, 12, and 13 (GO 7499, 9484, 9865, 10226).

Sensitivity and Area

The imaging survey:

250 NICMOS 3 fields
150 arcmin²
Average 5&sigma sensitivity: J₁₁₀ = 25.8, H₁₆₀ = 25.6 (AB)

For comparison, the Deep Fields (HDF-N, HDF-S, UDF, and UDF parallels) cover 15 arcmin², to typically 28th magnitude (AB). The VLT near-infrared imaging of the CDFS GOODS field reaches similar sensitivities as the NICMOS Parallels, in around 130 arcmin

The NICMOS Parallels Team

Current members include:

James Colbert (Spitzer Science Center)
Alaina Henry (UCLA)
Matthew Malkan (UCLA)
Patrick McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories)
Brian Siana (Spitzer Science Center)
Harry Teplitz (Spitzer Science Center)
Lin Yan (Spitzer Science Center)