The CASTLES project

Abstract

We describe the goals of the CASTLES (CfA-Arizona-Space-Telescope-LEns-Survey) project including a sample of NICMOS images of gravitational lenses and a brief list of the preliminary findings.

LaTeX file (use crckapb.sty), 4 pages, 1 Postscript figure, accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science, special issue: Proceedings of the III Scientific Meeting of the SEA (Spanish Astronomical Society), guest editors: J. Gorgas & J. Zamorano

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