t - 0 days few last-minute changes! this should be it... Assigned ID: 55 ----- Submission 1 (Thu Jan 20 02:36:09 GMT 2005) ----- Phase I Proposal 55 (prop_2) successfully submitted. ----- Submission 3 (Thu Jan 20 17:14:14 GMT 2005) ----- Phase I Proposal 55 (prop_2) successfully submitted. ----- Submission 4 (Fri Jan 21 02:37:53 GMT 2005) ----- Phase I Proposal 55 (prop_2) successfully submitted. ----- Submission 5 (Fri Jan 21 19:22:04 GMT 2005) ----- StarCAT is a two-year Legacy Archival project to assemble all of the STIS ultraviolet echelle exposures of normal stars into a broad-ranging UV spectral library. The STIS echelle collection will be unique for the decade, or more, that it will take to reproduce the lost UV high-resolution capability in space. Consequently, StarCAT will be an important resource for a wide variety of investigations, for years to come. It follows-on an earlier Cycle 11 effort--CoolCAT--focussing on late-type stars, which stands as a successful demonstration project. But, StarCAT will capture as many as 300 targets and 2000 individual spectra (6X CoolCAT), so it will have much further reach and impact. Equally important, we can improve upon the CoolCAT post-processing procedures and employ the definitive version of the STIS pipeline when it becomes available. StarCAT will serve a broad cross-section of the community beyond the familiar stellar enterprises, supporting work on the interstellar medium, asterospheres, circumstellar environments, exoplanets, and more. Now, at the end of STIS operations, is the time to undertake such a UV preservation effort for the benefit of future researchers, before the current expertise with the instrument inevitably fades away.

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