Paranal Instrumentation

The currently, i.e., in the ongoing period, offered Paranal telescopes and instruments and their location are listed in the following table

The links to the different instruments provide an overview of the respective instrument capabilites and the offered instrument modes. For details and upcoming instruments please refer to the Call for Proposals.

Information on Paranal decommissioned instruments is available on a separate page.

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

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

Visitor foci

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

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

Visitor foci

AT2        
AT3        
AT4