50 The Messenger 142 – December 2010
Personnel Movements
Arrivals (1 October–31 December 2010)
Europe
Ascenso, Joana (P) FellowBeccari, Giacomo (I) FellowBoissier, Jérémie (F) FellowBressert, Eli (USA) StudentCoccato, Lodovico (I) FellowGabasch, Armin (I) Software EngineerHeidecke, Thies (D) StudentKains, Noé (B) FellowLablanche, Pierre-Yves (F) StudentLongmore, Steven (GB) FellowLützgendorf, Nora (D) StudentPettazzi, Lorenzo (I) Control Engineer
Chile
Alvarez, Fernando (RCH) Head of the Maintenance DepartmentGonzalez, Jaime (RCH) Optical TechnicianJones, Matias (RCH) StudentMiccolis, Maurizio (I) System EngineerRodrigues, Myriam (P) FellowVanderbeke, Joachim (B) StudentVega, Florine (RCH) Procurement Clerk
Departures (1 October–31 December 2010)
Europe
Beniflah, Thierry (F) Head of Information TechnologyBois, Maxime (F) StudentCortesi, Arianna (I) StudentFrank, Matthias (D) StudentGuidetti, Daria (I) StudentHansen, Camilla Juul (DK) StudentHewitson, Jennifer (D) Secretary/AssistantLarsen, Jonas (DK) Software EngineerLombardi, Marco (I) AstronomerNaets, Thomas (B) Internal AuditorNeumayer, Nadine (D) FellowPenuela, Tania Marcela (CO) StudentRuiz Velasco, Alma (MEX) StudentRusso, Pedro Miguel (P) AstronomerSeemann, Ulf (D) StudentTaylor, Luke (GB) Laser PhysicistUnterguggenberger, Stefanie (A) StudentWilliams, Michael (GB) Student
Chile
Asmus, Daniel (D) StudentKaminski, Adrian (D) StudentRaffi, Gianni (I) Head of the Computing IPTThomas, Alexis (RCH) Network SpecialistVaras, Oscar (RCH) Dome Mechanic
Astronomical News
A wide field image of the southern hemisphere constellations Crux and Centaurus which make up part of the Scorpius Centaurus Association (Sco OB2), the nearest region of recent massive star formation.
This OB association was studied by Adriaan Blaauw in his PhD thesis (1946) and published in Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands (Blaauw 1952, BAN, 11, 414).
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