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After summarizing the UV capabilities available at the Paranal observatory, the perspectives for additional UV instruments are discussed. When considering that most likely the E-ELT will not be optimized for UV, and that HST operations will be soon discontinued, UV instruments at the VLT may represent the best capabilities for the ESO community for a few years. In particular the cases of spectroscopy close to the atmospheric cutoff and Blue diffraction limited imaging show a great scientific potential.
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Pasquini, L. UV opportunities at ESO. Astrophys Space Sci 354, 121–124 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-014-2049-x
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