With three arms ready for astronomical exploration, X-shooter is located on Unit Telescope 2 (UT2, Kueyen) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory.

1 day ago · XSHOOTER is the first of the second-generation instruments of the VLT. It has been built by a Consortium of institutes in Denmark, France, Italy, and The Netherlands together with ESO. Publications based on data obtained with XSHOOTER should quote the reference paper: Vernet et al. 2011, A&A, 536A, 105 .

1 day ago · XSHOOTER is a multi-wavelength (300-2500 nm), medium resolution spectrograph mounted at the UT3 Cassegrain focus. It consists of three spectroscopic arms, each with optimized optics, dispersive elements, and detectors. The Acquisition and Guiding camera can be used to obtain complementary images:

Mar 30, 2025 · X-shooter is an instrument built by a Consortium of Danish, Dutch, French and Italian Institutes and ESO, which acted as coordinator and was in charge of the commissioning runs. More details on the project can be found at the …

It is intended to become the most pow-erful optical & near-infrared medium-resolution spectrograph in the world, with a unique spectral coverage from 300 to 2500 nm in one shot. The X-shooter consortium members are from Denmark, France, Italy, The Nether-lands and ESO.

Oct 10, 2011 · Abstract: X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installed at the Cassegrain focus of UT2 in 2009.

The X-shooter data reduction pipeline, as part of the ESO-VLT Data Flow System, provides recipes for Paranal Science Operations, and for Data Product and Quality Control Operations at Garching headquarters. At Paranal, it is used for the quick-look data evaluation.

Mar 5, 2008 · X-shooter is the first second-generation instrument for the ESO Very Large Telescope and will be installed in 2008. It is intended to become the most powerful optical & near-infrared medium-resolution spectrograph in the world, with a unique spectral coverage from 300 to 2500 nm in one shot.

With three arms ready for astronomical exploration, X-shooter is located on Unit Telescope 2 (UT2, Kueyen) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory.

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