NAME: rdnicobs PURPOSE: Read a NICMOS observation set description file. DESCRIPTION: CATEGORY: Spectroscopy CALLING SEQUENCE: rdnicobs,file,x0,y0,obsid,ref,x,y INPUTS: file - String with the filename to be read. OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: OUTPUTS: x0 - x pixel position of the object(s) in the reference image y0 - y pixel position of the object(s) in the reference image obsid - observation id of all the Grism images ref - observation id of the matching Grism image, this will either be an actual grism image id or 'sky' x - X pixel offset of dither (this is the offset of the object in the image). y - Y pixel offset of dither (this is the offset of the object in the image). KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 1999 July 13 2002/09/03, MWB, changed Str_sep call to strsplit