Paranal: Expected Instrumentation and Facilities to be offered for Period 106 and changes foreseen in Periods 107 and 108
The following instruments are expected to be offered for regular operations in Period 106 (1 October 2020 - 31 March 2021). In addition, the table also shows expected changes to take place in Periods 107 or 108.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
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Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
|
Incoherent Combined Coudé | Interferometric
|
|
| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor Focus (1) | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO | |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | XSHOOTER | UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | VISIR | CRIRES (3) | ||
| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | ERIS (2) | MUSE | ||
| AT1 | |||||
| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | VIRCAM (4) | ||||
| VST | OmegaCAM (4) | ||||
(1) P106 is the last full period.
(2) P108 is likely the first full period
(3) P106 is likely the first full period
(4) P107 is the last full period