Authors: Marianne Takamiya (University of Hawai’i Hilo), Daniel Berke (James 
Clerk Maswell Telescope), Forrest Bremer (University of Hawai’i Hilo), Emily 
Moravec (St. Olaf College)

Title: Star Formation Rates and Nebular Abundances in Nearby Galaxies

Abstract: Using the Integral Field Unit Spectrograph SNIFS on the UH 2.2m 
telescope, we have gathered circa 15,000 individual spectra of 30 different 
star forming regions over 16 different galaxies. The spectra cover a wavelength 
range from 320 to 1,000nm. We present preliminary measurements of the star 
formation rates and log(O/H) abundances of the sample. The impact of the lack 
of an ADC in front of SNIFS will be discussed briefly.