Paranal: Expected Instrumentation and Facilities to be offered for Period 105 and changes foreseen in Periods 106 and 107
The following instruments are expected to be offered for regular operations in Period 105 (1 April 2020 - 30 September 2020). In addition, the table also shows expected changes to take place in Periods 106 or 107.
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 105 but which will be offered in Period 106 or 107 appears between parentheses. The information provided here is provisional.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
|
Cassegrain
|
Nasmyth B
|
Incoherent Combined Coudé | Interferometric
|
|
| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor Focus (106) |
FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO |
(Visitor Focus 105) |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | XSHOOTER | UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | VISIR | (CRIRES 105) | ||
| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | (ERIS 107 ) | MUSE | ||
| AT1 |
(Visitor Focus 105) |
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| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | VIRCAM | ||||
| VST | OmegaCAM | ||||