Paranal 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 Paranal instruments are offered in this period. Their main functionalities can be found in the Instruments Summary Table.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
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Nasmyth A
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Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
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Incoherent Combined Coudé
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Interferometric
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| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor focus (1) | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO | |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | XSHOOTER | UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | Visitor focus (2) VISIR (3) |
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| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | VISIR (3) | MUSE | ||
| AT1 | |||||
| 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.