Involved people at OAB: Cacciari, Ferraro, Merighi, Rossetti.
The Bologna Observatory is member of the Ital-FLAMES Consortium (including also the Observatories of Trieste, Cagliari and Palermo) that participates to the completion of the FLAMES project. FLAMES is an instrument facility for multi-object spectroscopy developed at ESO. It consists of several components: a Nasmyth corrector, a fiber positioner, a fiber link to the UVES high resolution spectrograph, an intermediate resolution optical spectrograph (GIRAFFE) with its own fibre system, and a coordinating observing software. As part of the Ital-FLAMES Consortium, the OAB provides the Templates for FLAMES in all observing modes. This activity is carried out by the contractor E. Rossetti under the supervision of Ferraro and Merighi, in collaboration with personnel at ESO and the Trieste Observatory, and with the coordination of Cacciari, P.I. of the Ital-FLAMES Consortium. The FLAMES facility is now completed and presently undergoing commissioning tests. It is planned to be offered to the community with the ESO Call for Proposals of September 2002.