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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