urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.eso-paranal 1.0 1.11.0.0 Product_Context Paranal Observatory 2018-10-09 1.0 Created from information from ESO Website: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/ urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:eso-paranal.vlt_antu_8m2_ut1 facility_to_telescope Unit Telescope 1, Antu (UT1) urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:eso-paranal.vlt_kueyen_8m2_ut2 facility_to_telescope Unit Telescope 2, Kueyen (UT2) urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:eso-paranal.vlt_melipal_8m2_ut3 facility_to_telescope Unit Telescope 3, Melipal (UT3) urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:eso-paranal.vlt_yepun_8m2_ut4 facility_to_telescope Unit Telescope 4, Yepun (UT4) European Southern Observatory (Paranal) Very Large Telescope Observatory

Summit of Cerro Paranal, Chile, 130 km south of Antofagasto, Chile

Chile The Paranal Observatory, home of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and is located in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile, on the summit of Cerro Paranal at 2635 m elevation. Paranal is located 120 km south of the town of Antofagasta, Chile. The observatory consists of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), which is comprised of four 8.2-m telescopes that operate indepently (Unit Telescopes: UT1-UT4) or together as an interferometer (VLTI) in combination with four auxiliary 1.8-m telescopes. The VLT operates in the visible and infrared, with adaptive optics on each of the 8.2-m unit telescopes. Although the four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes can be combined in the VLTI, they are mostly used for individual observations and are only available for interferometric observations for a limited number of nights every year. But four smaller, dedicated 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) are available to allow the VLTI to operate every night Location of the observatory is at 24°37'38" S 70°24'15" W.