Expected Paranal Instrumentation and Facilities to be offered for Period 104 and changes foreseen in Periods 105 and 106
The following instruments are expected to be offered for regular operations in Period 104 (1 October 2019 - 31 March 2020). In addition, the table also shows expected changes to take place in Periods 105 or 106.
The last full period of an instrument in operation which will be decommissioned is indicated in red while the first full period of an instrument entering operation is indicated in black. An instrument not offered in Period 104 but which will be offered in Period 105 or 106 appears between parentheses. The information provided here is provisional.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
|
Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
|
Incoherent Combined Coudé | Interferometric
|
|
| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor Focus 104 | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO |
Visitor Focus 104 |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | XSHOOTER | UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | VISIR | CRIRES 104 | ||
| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | (ERIS 105 ) | MUSE | ||
| AT1 |
Visitor Focus 104 |
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| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | VIRCAM | ||||
| VST | OmegaCAM | ||||