La Silla Paranal Observatory: Instrumentation and Facilities offered

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
HARPS (1)
SOXS
n/a ULTRACAM
n/a

1) HARPS and NIRPS can be operated simultaneously.


At Paranal

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

GRAVITY

MATISSE

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UT2 (Kueyen) FLAMES   UVES
UT3 (Melipal) SPHERE XSHOOTER CRIRES
UT4 (Yepun) HAWK-I ERIS  MUSE
           
AT1        

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

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AT2        
AT3        
AT4