A planned IT Maintenance and Release Window will take place between
Saturday, 12th October 2024 at 08:00 CEST/03:00 CLST and Sunday, 13th October 2024 at 24:00 CEST/19:00 CLST.  

From 08:00 CEST/03:00 CLST on Saturday all ESO IT services including ERP, Email, Database Management Systems,
the Scientific Archive and Internet connectivity on all ESO sites, could be subject to intermittent outages.
Full services won't be guaranteed before Monday, 14th October 2024.  We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.

Phase 2 Instrument Overview Table

For information, please follow the links in this table. If one instrument has special requirements, this is visualized in the relevant row of the table. A summary table of the main characteristics of all instruments is available here.

Instrument Policies Change Requests FC/README Documentation Tools FAQ
General information valid for all instruments
Paranal instruments SM specifics

OB naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers /
Change Requests
Finding Charts

README
P2 documentation 

Generic P2 tutorials
Exposure Time Calculators

Observability
FAQ
Instrument-specific information
CRIRES SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
ERIS SM specifics
OB Naming
Constraints
Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts
README
User Manual
p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
ESPRESSO SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
FLAMES SM specifics

N/A
N/A

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

N/A
User Manual

p2 Tutorial

FPOSS

p2/ObsPrep (Argus fast acq.)

FAQ
FORS2 SM specifics
OB Naming
N/A

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

N/A
User Manual

p2 Tutorial

PMOS p2 Tutorial

FIMS FAQ
GRAVITY SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README

User Manual


p2 Tutorial

Astrometry p2 Tutorial


VLTI Imaging p2 Tutorial
VLTI Time Link p2 Tutorial

 

CalVin, SearchCal (JMMC)
GRAVITY ETC, Aspro (JMMC)
FAQ
HAWK-I SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
KMOS SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
KARMA FAQ
MATISSE SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial

GRA4MAT p2 Tutorial
VLTI Imaging p2 Tutorial
VLTI Time Link p2 Tutorial
CalVin, SearchCal (JMMC)
MATISSE ETC, Aspro (JMMC)
FAQ
MUSE SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
PIONIER SM specifics Constraints Waivers Finding charts User Manual CalVin, SearchCal (JMMC) FAQ
OB Naming Calibrations README p2 Tutorial
VLTI Imaging p2 Tutorial
VLTI Time Link p2 Tutorial
VisCalc, Aspro (JMMC)
SPHERE SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
- FAQ
UVES SM specifics

N/A
N/A

Calibrations
N/A Finding Charts

N/A
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
VISIR SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
N/A Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ
X-SHOOTER SM specifics

OB Naming
Constraints

Calibrations
Waivers Finding Charts

README
User Manual

p2 Tutorial
p2/ObsPrep FAQ