Paranal Instrumentation
The currently, i.e., in the ongoing period, offered Paranal telescopes and instruments and their location are listed in the following table
The links to the different instruments provide an overview of the respective instrument capabilites and the offered instrument modes. For details and upcoming instruments please refer to the Call for Proposals.
Information on Paranal decommissioned instruments is available on a separate page.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
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Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
|
Incoherent Combined Coudé
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Interferometric
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| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor focus | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO | |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | VISIR |
UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | XSHOOTER | CRIRES |
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| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | ERIS | MUSE | ||
| AT1 | |||||
| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||