La Silla Paranal Observatory: Instrumentation and Facilities offered for Period 104

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) invites proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 104 (1 October 2019 - 31 March 2020). The following instruments are offered in this period. Their main functionalities can be found in the Instruments Summary Table.

At La Silla

Telescope
Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
Fibre fed from Cassegrain
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

At Paranal

Telescope Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
Incoherent Combined Coudé
Interferometric
UT1 (Antu) Visitor focus (1) FORS2 KMOS ESPRESSO

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

UT2 (Kueyen) FLAMES XSHOOTER UVES
UT3 (Melipal) SPHERE

Visitor focus (2)

VISIR (3)

 
UT4 (Yepun) HAWK-I VISIR (3) MUSE
           
AT1        

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

AT2        
AT3        
AT4        
         
VISTA   VIRCAM    
VST   OmegaCAM    

(1) The UT1 Nasmyth A focus is offered for visitor instruments as of mid-November 2019.

(2) The UT3 Cassegrain focus is offered for visitor instruments during the first months of Period 104, while VISIR is installed on UT4.

(3) VISIR is offered on UT4 during the first months of Period 104 with limited capabilities; see the Recent Changes for details. The instrument will be moved to UT3 for the rest of the period. The date for the move has not been fixed.

 

 


At APEX

Telescope
Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
FLASH  
 
SEPIA PI230
  Visitor instrument