... Low resolution, slitless spectral images were obtained at the Loiano Observatory in the wavelength window 3300­6420 ° in order to identify in A, extragalactic ob jects targets displaying the most prominent features that characterise the spectrum of bright hot stars, WR and Luminous Blue Variables (LBV), and of nebular regions as well. ... The two bright H ii regions NGC 5455 and NGC 5461 are clearly identified by the H and [O iii] lines. the current observatory's instrumental set­up. ...

... SAO Council Minutes . ... Predoc Program Status - Christine Crowley . ... SAO Funding is no longer available for the predoc program. ... Council discussed how there has also been a decline over the years in the number of named CfA-funded postdocs from 3 to 1. ... Rosanne argues that predocs leverage SAO science more directly than do postdocs, so funding should go there. ... The Council encourages all efforts to find and allocate funding for the SAO predoctoral fellowhship program. ...

... Sizes of spectra The number of spectra that are `spoiled' by overlaps depends on the contrast ratio reached by the MEMS device, the area on the sky covered by an individual spectrum and on the number density of potential spoilers at a given magnitude. ... 4-- NIRSpec contrast and confusion limits 1 low resolution 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1 hi resolution 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 20 Figure 3: Probability that spectra are contaminated at the Galactic pole as a function of the magnitude of the target galaxy. ...

THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 560 : 49 х 71, 2001 October 10 ( 2001. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. V THE FARTHEST KNOWN SUPERNOVA : SUPPORT FOR AN ACCELERATING UNIVERSE AND A GLIMPSE OF THE EPOCH OF DECELERATION1 ADAM G. RIESS,2 PETER E. NUGENT,3 RONALD L. GILLILAND,2 BRIAN P. SCHMIDT,4 JOHN TONRY,5 MARK DICKINSON,2 RODGER I. THOMPSON,6 TAMAS BUDAVARI,7 STEFANO CASERTANO,2 AARON S. EVANS,8 ALEXEI V. FILIPPENKO,9 MARIO LIVIO,2 DAVID B. SANDERS,5 ALICE E. SHAPLEY,10

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