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ACS uncovers dust layers to show inner region of dusty nebula
Image date: 5 June 2002, 15:00

Credit: NASA, ESA, the NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and the NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)
Source: ESA/Hubble
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September 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Blue galaxies on WFPC2 field not detected with NICMOS
Image date: 8 October 1998, 17:00

Blue galaxies on WFPC2 field not detected with NICMOS

Credit: Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona) and NASA/ESA
Source: ESA/Hubble
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August 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Gomez's Hamburger - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/ibE1MH
Gomez's Hamburger is actually a protoplanetary disk. The buns are where light is illuminating dust and the patty is a torus of dust so thick that the star in the center is rendered invisible. Pretty cool! For this one I used the set of optical data and then added some NICMOS infrared data to reveal the shape of the dust torus. Infrared data from NICMOS is really neat, but it also tends to be rather messy as far as aesthetics go so I limited it to just the torus. That, and it only extends a little way out from the nebula, otherwise I'd love to include infrared for the entire picture. Red: hst_09315_01_wfpc2_f675w_pc_sci Green: hst_09315_01_wfpc2_f555w_pc_sci Blue: hst_09315_01_wfpc2_f450w_pc_sci Infrared "patty": HST_10603_17_NIC_NIC2_F110W_sci + HST_10603_17_NIC_NIC2_F160W_sci + HST_10603_17_NIC_NIC2_F205W_sci North is NOT up. It's 40° clockwise from up.
June 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
geckzilla.bsky.social
Two telescopes, two epochs, the same nebula. You might have to stare for a little bit to fully appreciate all the movement going. Apologies to any faint stars who got deleted. I tried to remove the NICMOS PSFs from the Hubble view (which is lower resolution/blurrier)
June 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
melina-iras07572.bsky.social
From MAST: Hubble NICMOS 2006-04-12 and JWST NIRCam 2023-08-31, so more than 17 years.
June 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Artist's Concept of Exoplanet HR 8799b - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/7JEGe1
Release Date April 1, 2009 This is an artistic illustration of the giant planet HR 8799b. The planet was first discovered in 2007 at the Gemini North observatory. It was identified in the NICMOS archival data in a follow-up search of NICMOS archival data to see if Hubble had also serendipitously imaged it. The planet is young and hot, at a temperature of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. It is slightly larger than Jupiter and may be at least seven times more massive. Analysis of the NICMOS data suggests the planet has water vapor in its atmosphere and is only partially cloud covered. It is not known if the planet has rings or moons, but circumplanetary debris is common among the outer planets of our solar system. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI) To learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope go here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html
February 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
herbstwind.bsky.social
Dieses wunderbar detaillierte Farbbild von Saturn wurde vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop in der Umlaufbahn aufgenommen. Das Bild ist eine Kombination aus drei Bildern von Hubbles NICMOS-Instrument und zeigt den hübschen Ringplaneten im reflektierten Infrarot-Sonnenlicht.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
drnereide.bsky.social
This breathtaking image, taken by Hubble on 28 March 2004, shows a truly fascinating astronomical event: a rare triple eclipse on Jupiter due to an equally rare alignment of three of its largest moons– Io, Ganymede, Callisto – across the planet's face.

🔭 🧪 #planetsci #histsci #Hubble #HST

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The image shows Jupiter's disk with five colored spots: three black shadows of Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, and two circles (white Io in the center, blue Ganymede in the upper right), captured by Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS instrument on 28 March 2004, during a rare alignment. The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) operates in the near-infrared.
March 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Artist's Concept of Exoplanet HR 8799b - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/7JEGe1
Release Date April 1, 2009 This is an artistic illustration of the giant planet HR 8799b. The planet was first discovered in 2007 at the Gemini North observatory. It was identified in the NICMOS archival data in a follow-up search of NICMOS archival data to see if Hubble had also serendipitously imaged it. The planet is young and hot, at a temperature of 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. It is slightly larger than Jupiter and may be at least seven times more massive. Analysis of the NICMOS data suggests the planet has water vapor in its atmosphere and is only partially cloud covered. It is not known if the planet has rings or moons, but circumplanetary debris is common among the outer planets of our solar system. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI) To learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope go here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Hb 12 Visible + Infrared - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/HCDZRU
While trying to write an article regarding the Hubble archive today, I revisited this object and decided to process it again. Previously I used NICMOS data for the infrared part, visible in orange as the slightly blurry-looking rings and arcs around the brighter central structure. The old version is here. I think the new version offers up a somewhat clearer vision of the infrared portion. NICMOS was always a bit difficult to work with because there were a lot of "features"—as they have been charitably called—to work out of the image. This version uses observations made by the newer WFC3/IR, and I am a lot more confident that every little faint detail you see here is indeed the nebula and not some instrumental wonkiness. I removed the diffraction spikes once again because they were very distracting and easy to confuse with the structure of the object. Data from following two proposals was used to create the image: Characterization of the WFC3 IR Grisms Hubble Heritage Observations of PNe with WFPC2 Orange: WFC3/IR F140W Green: WFPC2 F658N Blue: WFPC2 F656N North is up.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
astronomybot.bsky.social
Hubble Deep Field in infrared
Image date: 8 October 1998, 17:00

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of the faintest galaxies ever seen in the universe, taken in infrared light with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer(NICMOS).

Credit: Rodger I. Thompson (University of Ariz...
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July 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Hubble NICMOS image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.

This infrared image shows two compact star clusters in the center of Arp 220. They are the remnant cores of two spiral galaxies that are in the process of merging.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, R. Thompson, N. Scoville
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The center of a galaxy merger. A roughly circular blue-white area is crossed by a diagonal band of dark brown dust. In the center are two bright yellow-white blobs, which are star clusters. The left blob is partially covered by the dust band.
September 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
andrasgaspar.bsky.social
I am sad to let everyone in the astronomy community know that Glenn Schneider passed away yesterday. I've worked together with him closely in the past decade and learned a lot from him. He had a long career, culminating in various HST related projects. He was a lead scientist of the NICMOS project,
February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Sacred Space - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2gTQSsy
There are some places we can never go; even if we could, it would never feel like we were there. They are safe from our corruption, but by the gift of light we are able to glimpse them. This is a small portion of NGC 2023, a piece of the sky I find profoundly beautiful. I have colorized a single near-infrared image that would otherwise be grayscale. NICMOS Imaging of Protostars in the Orion A Cloud: The Role of Environment in Star Formation All channels: WFC3/IR F160W North is 64.50° counter-clockwise from up.
June 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Hb 12 Visible + Infrared - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/HCDZRU
While trying to write an article regarding the Hubble archive today, I revisited this object and decided to process it again. Previously I used NICMOS data for the infrared part, visible in orange as the slightly blurry-looking rings and arcs around the brighter central structure. The old version is here. I think the new version offers up a somewhat clearer vision of the infrared portion. NICMOS was always a bit difficult to work with because there were a lot of "features"—as they have been charitably called—to work out of the image. This version uses observations made by the newer WFC3/IR, and I am a lot more confident that every little faint detail you see here is indeed the nebula and not some instrumental wonkiness. I removed the diffraction spikes once again because they were very distracting and easy to confuse with the structure of the object. Data from following two proposals was used to create the image: Characterization of the WFC3 IR Grisms Hubble Heritage Observations of PNe with WFPC2 Orange: WFC3/IR F140W Green: WFPC2 F658N Blue: WFPC2 F656N North is up.
December 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM
marijkelouise.bsky.social
Dit is een artistieke illustratie van de gigantische planeet HR 8799b.

Voor het eerst ontdekt in 2007.

Het werd geïdentificeerd in de NICMOS-archiefgegevens tijdens een vervolgonderzoek naar NICMOS-archiefgegevens om te zien of Hubble het ook toevallig in beeld had gebracht.
April 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM
andrasgaspar.bsky.social
It seems to have the current generation of instruments included (even NICMOS!), so aberrations are corrected within each instrument. Didn't check primary and how spherical it is. @bmacastro.bsky.social
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August 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Jun 5, 2002)

NICMOS aboard Hubble reveals a golden ring of newly formed stars around the core of galaxy NGC 4013, located 55 million light-years away.

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An image showing a golden ring of newly formed stars encircling the core of the edge-on galaxy NGC 4013, captured by NICMOS. Credit: NASA, ESA, the NICMOS Group (STScI, ESA) and the NICMOS Science Team (Univ. of Arizona)
May 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
leighfletcher.bsky.social
Changes in the south-polar hood were even clearer a year later, when Aug'1998 NICMOS observations of #Uranus showed the bright 'collar' of the hood (and amazing banding at lower latitudes, reminiscent of Jupiter's bands). 📸Karkoschka/NASA.
Hubble NICMOS image of Uranus from 1998, showing the bright south polar cap changing into a bright white collar, and bright storms in the northern hemisphere emerging into sunlight.
November 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
rachellense.bsky.social
Black: Hubble Ultra Deep Field (composite image)
Taken over 11 days between 09/24/2003 and 01/16/2004 by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Near Infrared Camera Multi-object Spectrometer (NICMOS)
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June 14, 2024 at 5:21 AM
astronomybot.bsky.social
Hubble infrared view of extrasolar planet candidate
Image date: 10 January 2005, 20:00

This is an artificial-colour Hubble Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) infrared-light view of the brown dwarf star 2MASSWJ 1207334-393254 (aka 2M1207) and giant planet companion candi...
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March 29, 2026 at 9:55 AM
kosmonautix.cz
Tento obrázek ukazuje jaké přístroje byly a jsou nainstalovány na Hubbleově kosmickém dalekohledu.

Pět původních vědeckých přístrojů modře, místo jednoho z nich pak byl instalován systém COSPAR, který korigoval špatně vybroušené zrcadlo.

Přístroj NICMOS je bohužel, asi už trvale, mimo službu.
March 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
leighfletcher.bsky.social
Using NICMOS (installed in 1997), Hubble captured near-infrared views of the entire #Uranus system, with the reflective southern hood now showing a distinct bright boundary, and storms in the northern hemisphere as it swings into sunlight. 📸Karkoschka/NASA. hubblesite.org/contents/med...
Two NICMOS images of Uranus side by side, showing the motions of the storms and moons as Uranus rotates. We see the bright south polar cap, narrow rings, and a collection of small moons.
November 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
astronomybot.bsky.social
... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph (NICMOS).
In the top right, Hubble’s NICMOS image captured in 2007 shows AB Aurigae b in a due south position compared to its host star, which is covered by the instrument’s coronagraph. The image captured in 2021 by STIS shows the protoplane...
August 18, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Hubble Deep Field in Infrared
Image date: 8 October 1998, 17:00

Two close-up NICMOS views of candidate objects which may be over 12 billion light-years away. Each candidate is centered in the frame. The reddish colour may mean all of the starlight has been stretched to infrared wavelengths by t...
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March 24, 2026 at 3:55 AM