Paranal: Expected Instrumentation and Facilities to be offered for Period 110 and changes foreseen in Periods 111 and 112
The following instruments are expected to be offered for regular operations in Period 110 (1 October 2022 - 31 March 2023). In addition, the table also shows foreseen changes to take place in Periods 110 or 111.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
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Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
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Incoherent Combined Coudé | Interferometric
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| UT1 (Antu) | Visitor Focus (1) | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO | |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | VISIR | UVES | ||
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | XSHOOTER | CRIRES | ||
| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | ERIS (2) | MUSE | ||
| AT1 | |||||
| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | N/A |
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| VST | N/A |
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(1) The installation of the field corrector lens for MOONS, currently foreseen to take place during Period 109, will pose some restrictions. Proposers should contact the observatory for details.
(2) P111 is likely the first period operations