NICS (Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer) is the camera/spectrometer that the Infrared Group at Arcetri Observatory has designed and build for the National Telescope Galileo ( TNG, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, on behalf of the Italian astronomical community. ... NICS FIRST LIGHT (19/10/2000) . ... Nics first Spectrum of the Sky taken at Arcetri 20 July 2000 . ... Dec 1999 Nics Images (14/12/99). The first image taken with all optics mounted inside Nics dewar (still not aligned)(6/10/99). ...