La Silla Paranal Observatory: Instrumentation and Facilities offered for Period 108

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) invites proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 108 (1 October 2021 - 31 March 2022). 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
SoFI (1)
n/a

1) SoFI will be decommissioned either towards the end of Period 108 or during Period 109 to allow the installation of SoXS.


At Paranal

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    MUSE
           
AT1        

GRAVITY

MATISSE

PIONIER

Visitor foci

AT2        
AT3        
AT4        
         
VISTA   VIRCAM    
VST   OmegaCAM    

At APEX

Telescope
Focus
 
Nasmyth A
Cassegrain
Nasmyth B
SEPIA ARTEMIS nFLASH
 
Visitor instrument