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Session 60 - Next Generation Space Telescope.
Oral session, Tuesday, January 14
Piers 4/5,
We present the scientific rationale and requirements for NGST's science instruments, and describe the various instruments concepts which have been studied. The proposed suite of instruments includes a wide field near infrared camera, a multi-object near infrared low resolution spectrograph and an optinal thermal infrared camera/spectrograph combination. Specific issues concerning detectors, multi-object spectroscopy and active cooling are discussed.
