La Silla Paranal Observatory: Instrumentation and Facilities offered for Period 102

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) invites proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 102 (1 October 2018 - 31 March 2019). The following instruments are offered in this period. Their main functionalities can be found in the Instruments Summary Table.

At La Silla

Telescope
Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
Fibre fed from Cassegrain
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

(1) Nasmyth B is the recommended focus for a visitor instrument on the NTT.


At Paranal

Telescope Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
Incoherent Combined Coudé
Interferometric
UT1 (Antu) NACO FORS2 KMOS ESPRESSO

PIONIER

GRAVITY

UT2 (Kueyen) FLAMES XSHOOTER UVES
UT3 (Melipal) SPHERE VISIR  
UT4 (Yepun) HAWK-I SINFONI MUSE
           
AT1        

PIONIER

GRAVITY

AT2        
AT3        
AT4        
         
VISTA   VIRCAM    
VST   OmegaCAM    

Note that VISIR is only offered until late November 2018. In addition, SINFONI will likely move from the Cassegrain focus of UT4 to the one of UT3 during the second half of the period.

 

 


At APEX

Telescope
Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
   
 
 
PI230
  SEPIA