1. X-shooter Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 Vincenzo Mainieri (USD)

2. Single target medium resolution (R=3300-18200) spectrograph Covers a wide wavelength range (300-2500 nm) Consists of 3 arms, each a cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph UVB, covering the wavelength range 300-559.5 nm VIS, covering the wavelength range 559.5-1024 nm NIR, covering the wavelength range 1024-2480 nm Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 P89: 132 proposal (second only to FORS2) Pressure factor ~ 4 (highest at VLT) X-shooter

3. Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 The light path

4. Observing with X-shooter Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 Two observing modes: SLIT and IFU spectroscopy All X-shooter OBs are composed of an acquisition template followed by one or several science templates

5. Target acquisition Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 A good finding chart! Target fainter than mag=21-22 Blind offsets PA

6. Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 NIR DIT (>300s): 480, 600, 900, 1200 s Spectroscopic observations

7. Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 Low background in J and H !!! 0.6” & 0.9” slits with K band blocking filter P89

8. More information Phase 2 Users Workshop | 12.01.2012 X-shooter User Manual Instrument News web-page … and tutorial this afternoon.