La Silla Paranal Observatory: Instrumentation and Facilities offered for Period 111
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) invites proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 111 (1 April 2023 - 30 September 2023). The following instruments are offered in this period. Their main functionalities can be found in the Instruments Summary Table.
At La Silla
1) SoFI will be decommissioned either towards the end of Period 111 to allow the installation of SoXS.
2) EFOSC2 is expected to be decommissioned during Period 112.
3) HARPS and NIRPS can be operated simultaneously.
At Paranal
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 | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO | |
UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | VISIR |
UVES | ||
UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | XSHOOTER | CRIRES |
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UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | ERIS | MUSE | ||
AT1 | |||||
AT2 | |||||
AT3 | |||||
AT4 |