Next: VLT Data Quality Control . Up: Dataflow and Scheduling . ... A key challenge for ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) will be responding to changing observing conditions in order to maximize the scientific productivity of the observatory. For queued observations, the nightly scheduling will be performed by staff astronomers using an Operational Toolkit. ... The MTS, developed by ESO, will be used to create candidate lists of observations (queues) based on different scheduling criteria. ...

... For queued observations, the nightly scheduling will be performed by sta# astronomers using an Operational Toolkit. ... The toolkit will make all observation preparation data available to the oper­ ator, and will allow the definition of queues and timelines of Observation Blocks (OBs). ... The operations team then uses the Operational Toolkit to browse the repos­ itory and build queues, based on object visibility, expected observing conditions, and user­defined scheduling constraints. ...

... Overview and field layouts . ... Release Content . ... As part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ( GOODS ), near-infrared imaging observations of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) are being carried out in J, H, Ks bands, using the ISAAC instrument mounted at the Antu Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile. ... Since ISAAC observations are still ongoing, this release consists of J and Ks images of fields that have already been completed and are . ... 12600...