Why is the VLT Very Efficient?

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Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009otam.conf..308c&link_type=abstract

Optical Turbulence: Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Astronomy Meets Meteorology, Proceedings of the Optical Turb

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Very Large Telescope, Observatory Operations, Service Mode, Flexible Scheduling, Queue Scheduling

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The operations model of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) heavily relies on a full-scale implementation of Service Mode observing. In this contribution we review the main features of ESO's approach to Service Mode at the VLT, we outline the advantages offered by this mode, and the challenges faced when implementing it given the wide diversity of instrumentation and instrument modes currently available at the VLT and the VLT Interferometer (VLTI). We give special emphasis to the part of this challenge directly derived from the evolution of the atmospheric conditions, which drive the short-term scheduling of the different scientific programmes competing for the available time.

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