Instrumentation activities at Paranal Observatory

Jean-Gabriel Cuby; Pablo Barriga; Remi Cabanac; Roberto Castillo; Isabelle Gavignaud; Gordon Gillet; Nicholas Haddad; Mario Kiekebusch; Massimiliano Marchesi; Pedro Mardones; Miguel Riquelme; Pascal Robert; Sylvain Rondi

doi:10.1117/12.460677

2 January 2002 Instrumentation activities at Paranal Observatory

Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Pablo Barriga, Remi Cabanac, Roberto Castillo, Isabelle Gavignaud, Gordon Gillet, Nicholas Haddad, Mario Kiekebusch, Massimiliano Marchesi, Pedro Mardones, Miguel Riquelme, Pascal Robert, Sylvain Rondi

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Proceedings Volume 4844, Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460677
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

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This paper presents miscellaneous activities related to instrumentation taking place at Paranal Observatory. The number of instruments and / or facilities that will eventually equip the Observatory (VLT, VLTI, VST, VISTA)is about 20. An adequate organization (human and technical)is required to ensure configuration control and efficient preventive and corrective maintenance (hardware and software). Monitoring instrument performance is a key feature to guarantee success of operations and minimize technical downtime. Some observational projects are carried out with the aim of characterizing the Paranal sky conditions in the visible and the IR, in emission and absorption. Efforts are being developed to monitor, characterize and archive the transparency conditions at night.

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Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Pablo Barriga, Remi Cabanac, Roberto Castillo, Isabelle Gavignaud, Gordon Gillet, Nicholas Haddad, Mario Kiekebusch, Massimiliano Marchesi, Pedro Mardones, Miguel Riquelme, Pascal Robert, and Sylvain Rondi "Instrumentation activities at Paranal Observatory", Proc. SPIE 4844, Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return III, (2 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460677

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