The prime objective of the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument for the VLT is the discovery and study of new extra-solar giant planets orbiting nearby stars by ...

The web application SkyCalc provides a web interface to obtain models of transmission and radiance spectra in physical units, calculated on ESO servers with this model for configurable observation ...

Proposals for observing time on all facilities of the La Silla Paranal Observatory (VLT/I, NTT, 3.6m) must be submitted using the p1 web system: The new p1 user interface collects the same information ...

Technology development and R&D are vital activities at ESO to making our vision and mission possible. We aim to develop and secure key technologies which will keep our facilities at the forefront of ...

E-ELT PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION Project documents E-ELT Top Level Requirements Observatory Instruments ELT-CAM (now MICADO) ELT-IFU (now HARMONI) ELT-MIDIR (now METIS) ELT-HIRES (now ANDES) ...

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere has as primary mission to build and operate state-of-the-art facilities for the advancement of astronomical research. The ...

The M2 Unit is an opto mechanical system constituted by a convex hyperbolic Beryllium mirror ("M2 mirror"), by the electromechanism used tosupport the mirror and to control its position, and by the ...

The complete adapter-rotator units comprise two major subsystems:the opto-mechanical part and the control system. The Opto-Mechanicalpart consists of five main sub-components: The Large Structure The ...

Several teams provide support in regard to ESO's telescopes and instruments, e.g. support for observing proposal preparation and submission, observation scheduling, data flow operation, information ...

Institute codes can be found using the following pull-down menus. First look up the country corresponding to the affiliation of your Co-I(s) and then find the codes corresponding to your Co-I(s) ...

The ESO Science Newsletter is intended to keep the community informed about current activities of interest at ESO. The newsletter appears roughly every two to three months or whenever important news ...

The 2.2m telescope at La Silla has been in operation since early 1984 and is on indefinite loan to ESO from the Max Planck Gesellschaft. The telescope time is shared between the MPI and ESO Observers.