Paranal Instrumentation
The currently offered Paranal telescopes and instruments and their location are listed in the following table
valid for Period 108, October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022.
The links to the different instruments provide an overview of the respective instrument capabilites and the offered instrument modes. For details please refer to the Call for Proposals for Period 108.
Information on Paranal decommissioned instruments is available on a separate page.
Please refer to the Call for Proposals for Period 109 for Paranal telescopes and instruments offered in Period 109.
Note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paranal observatory is in restricted operations. See La Silla Paranal Observatory News for updates.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
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Cassegrain
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Nasmyth B
|
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 | MUSE | |||
| AT1 | |||||
| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | VIRCAM | ||||
| VST | OmegaCAM | ||||