Paranal Observing

Telescope, instrument and data flow operators are involved in this role:

• Executes Observation Blocks (Instrument Operator)
• Supports classical/service observing modes (instrument operator and DFO)
• Uses results from the pipelines (DFO)
• Certifies data products (DFO)
• Monitors archiving (DFO)

The Data Flow operator initializes the pipeline and interprets the results during the night. As described in Section 3.4, both a reduction pipeline and a short-term quality control pipeline are running during the night.

Note: the number of FTEs required for the Paranal Observing will be evaluated at the NTT.