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- Andre Clayden's Springbrook Observatory - Andre's observatory at Springbrook Queensland is 2000 feet above sea level.Join in on a real time session, chat with the astronomer, check the message board for observation times and see what the telescope sees as images are uploaded.
maguires.com/homestead/astro3.htm
- Anglo-Australian Observatory - A 3.9m telescope in NW New South Wales, Australia. The web site includes all of David Malin's famous astrophotographs as well as general information about the observatory.
www.aao.gov.au
- Apache Point Observatory - APO is privately owned and operated by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC), consisting of the University of Chicago, Institute for Advanced Study, Johns Hopkins University, New Mexico State University, Princeton University, University of Washington, and Washington State University.
www.apo.nmsu.edu
- Armagh Observatory - The Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage. Founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, the Observatory is one of the UK and Ireland's leading scientific research establishments.
star.arm.ac.uk
- ASCA Information - The advanced satellite for cosmology and astrophysics. An orbital observatory.
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/0/docs/asca/asca2.html
- Asiago Observatory - The astronomical observatory is one of the two astronomical institutes of Padua. It shares the same buildings with the department of astronomy of the local university. The observatory and the astronomy department host, on two sites at Asiago, the major observing facilities in Italy.
www.pd.astro.it
- Beijing Astronomical Observatory - Chinese Academy of Sciences.
www.bao.ac.cn/bao/index-e.html
- Berkeley Automated Imaging Telescopes - Unattended astronomical telescopes with electronic cameras to search for supernovae and monitor the brightness of celestial objects.
astro.berkeley.edu/~bait
- Bologna Observatory - Part of Astronet, a network connecting the twelve Italian observatories and their detached seats with the national scientific network.
www.bo.astro.it
- Bucknell Observatory - Information about the Bucknell University Observatory, as well as on course offerings at the college.
www.eg.bucknell.edu/physics/astronomy/observatory
- Calar Alto Observatory - A German-Spanish Astronomical Centre with telescopes up to 3.5m and an ALFA laser guide star for adaptive optics. Located in Southern Spain.
www.caha.es
- Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope - A coherent array of four telescopes operating in the red and near infra-red, using Michelson interferometry on baselines of up to 100m to give images with a resolution down to 1 milliarcsecond.
www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/coast
- Carnegie Observatories - The observatories operates 1.0-meter and 2.5-meter telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile. Two 6. 5-meter telescopes are being constructed by the Magellan project collaboration. Telescope time, available to the observatories' scientific staff and visiting investigators, is scheduled once a year, with time allocation applications due in mid-october.
www.ociw.edu
- Carter Observatory - In addition to addressing the astronomical needs of visiting school groups and running an outreach program, observatory staff conduct courses, workshops, and seminars in astronomy for teachers, trainee teachers, amateur astronomers, and interested members of the public.
www.vuw.ac.nz/~carter/carter.html
- Climenhaga Observatory - An FTP page listing activities and discoveries from the University of Victoria using their automated telescope system.
astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/climenhaga/obs/telescope.html
- Copenhagen University Observatory - The astronomical instruments here are: the 0.77 m Schmidt telescope a 0.40 m fotoelectric reflector a 0.25 m fotoelectric reflector.
www.astro.ku.dk
- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory - As a national center for astronomical research based on observations at ultraviolet, optical and infrared wavelengths, the DAO offers programs both for the interested public and for visiting research scientists from other institutions.
www.hia.nrc.ca/facilities/dao
- Dutch Open Telescope - Innovative solar telescope on La Palma for high-resolution imaging of solar magnetism.
dot.astro.uu.nl
- ESO - La Silla Observatory - The home of the European Southern observatory (ESO) in Chile.
www.ls.eso.org
- ESO Paranal - Very Large Telescope (VLT) - The ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory (Atacama, Chile) is the world's largest and most advanced optical telescope. It comprises four 8.2-m reflecting Unit Telescopes and several moving 1.8-m Auxiliary Telescopes, the light beams of which can be combined in the VLT Interferometer (VLTI).
www.eso.org/paranal
- Grove Creek Observatory - Run as a non-profit organisation for the benefit of the general public, amateur and professional astronomers.
gco.apana.org.au
- Harvard College Observatory - Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Includes a brief introduction to the observatory.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/hco-home.html
- Haute-Provence (OHP) - An observatory in southern France. Site is written mostly in French but does include English-language text for several areas, such as general information about the observatory, tours, and educational opportunities.
www.obs-hp.fr
- Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission - Includes news, results, research tools, and educational opportunities.
astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Hipparcos/hipparcos.html
- Howell Observatory - Operated by the University of Mississippi, site includes general information about the observatory, including photos and tour information.
www.msstate.edu/Dept/Physics/html/observatory.html
- Instituto de Astronomía. Ensenada, B.C., - Location, staff, and technical details.
132.248.3.38/Opciones/text1.html
- Interferometry Center of Excellence (ICE) - Chartered to ensure the development and maintenance of a leading edge capability in optical and near-infrared interferometry imaging and astrometric technology. Portal to details about most NASA interferometry project.
ice.jpl.nasa.gov
- JAC Hilo Home Page - Joint Astronomy Centre
www.jach.hawaii.edu
- Keck Interferometer - The world's largest telescopes for optical and near-infrared astronomy are the twin 10-meter Keck telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
huey.jpl.nasa.gov/keck
- Kirkwood Observatory - Indiana University.
www.astro.indiana.edu/facilities/observatories/kirkwood
- Kitt Peak National Observatory - KPNO is a division of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
www.noao.edu/kpno/kpno.html
- Konkoly Observatory Home Page - In Hungary
www.konkoly.hu
- Lake Afton Public Observatory - Witchita, Kansas. Images too.
webs.wichita.edu/lapo
- Leiden Observatory - Research focuses on a number of different areas covering astronomical interests which range from the study of stars and the interstellar medium to galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe.
www.strw.leidenuniv.nl
- Limber Observatory Home Page - In Texas.
www.limber.org
- Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff.
www.lowell.edu
- Lund Observatory - University of Sweden.
www.astro.lu.se
- McDonald Observatory - Western Texas.
www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/mcdonald.html
- Mount Graham International Observatory - Their Homepage. Near Tucson.
ftp://medusa.as.arizona.edu/pub/graham/graham.html
- Mount Laguna Observatory - San Diego State University
mintaka.sdsu.edu
- Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory - Mount Stromlo, Australia
msowww.anu.edu.au
- Mount Wilson Observatory -
www.mtwilson.edu
- Mount Wilson Virtual Observatory - Includes daytime image taken at Mt. Wilson Observatory.
www.astrophys-assist.com/wilobs
- Mt.Suhora Observatory - Cracow, Poland
www.as.wsp.krakow.pl
- Nanango TIE QUT Observatory - A joint project hosted in Australia by the Queensland University of Technology and the Stuart Range Observatory, this site extends the NASA-sponsored Telescopes In Education program. deliver opportunities for students and other community groups from around the world to remotely control research-quality telescopes and CCD cameras over the Internet from a local computer. By booking telescope time in advance, members of the public (with the specific software) can remotely aim a distant telescope, run observational experiments, and download the images to their local computers for further use.
www.eese.bee.qut.edu.au/tie
- NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Home Page - Hawaii.
irtf.ifa.hawaii.edu
- Nassau Station - owned by Case Western Reserve University's Department of Astronomy. Including info on the robotic telescope with plans for automaic observations for the general public, available via the web.
astrwww.astr.cwru.edu/Nassau/nassau.html
- National Optical Astronomy Observatories - Their home page. They also give tours and let people peek through the little hole.
www.noao.edu/noao.html
- NF/ Observatory Home Page - Western New Mexico University.
www.nfo.edu/nfo.html
- Nordic Optical Telescope -
www.astro.lu.se/not.html
- Nordic Optical Telescope - While not very large, the NOT on La Palma has a brilliant construction and has proved to be a world class telescope.
www.not.iac.es
- NOVA - Norwegian Observatory for Variable Astronomy, 350 m above sea level, four 20-40 cm telescopes.
www.dse.no/nova.html
- O.A.C.T. Home Page - An observatory in Italy. English version.
terri1.te.astro.it/oact-home/home.html
- Observatorio Astronomico Nacional - National Astronomical Observatory of Spain
www.oan.es
- Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera - Milan, Italy. English and Italian.
www.mi.astro.it
- Ostrava Observatory - CCD photometry and visual observation at the Observatory and Planetarium of the Technical University in Ostrava.
www-troja.fjfi.cvut.cz/~lkral/ccd
- Paul Robinson Observatory - An Observatory operated by the New Jersey Astronomical Assn. The Observatory houses a 26" Reflector. Located in Hunterdon County, NJ
www.njaa.org
- Piñon Flat Observatory - An observatory set up to measure geological variations.
ramsden.ucsd.edu
- Pico dos Dias Observatory - Information about the national observatory in Brazil.
www.lna.br/Welcom_e.html
- SAO RAS Home Page - Russian Acadomy of Sciences. You wouldn't have gotten this a few years ago.
www.sao.ru
- SFA Observatory - Auston State University Observatory.
www.physics.sfasu.edu/Observatory/obs.htm
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey - A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars.
www.sdss.org
- SOFIA Homepage - - The latest in Airborne Astronomy.
sofia.arc.nasa.gov
- South African Astronomical Observatory - An introduction to the SAAO, a description of instrumentation and telescopes, an observation schedule, and information on educational opportunities.
www.saao.ac.za
- Stazione Astronomica di Cagliari - In Sardinia Italy. This is the english version of their page.
www.ca.astro.it/welcome.html
- Steward Observatory - Home to some of the world's largest, most innovative, and most productive telescopes. The 4.5-meter equivalent aperture multiple mirror telescope broke the mold for large-aperture telescope design, shattering a paradigm that had reigned for many decades.
www.as.arizona.edu/steward
- Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory - Houses an extensive collection of astronomical databases.
astro.u-strasbg.fr/Obs-e.html
- Tenagra Observatories - A private concern with lots of images of their discoveries.
www.tenagraobservatories.com
- The Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory - A teaching institution in Cananea,Mexico. Their telescope has a primary mirror of 2.12 meters. Apart from the main telescope they have a 16-inch MEADE for extinction measurements and a 8-inch seeing monitor.
www.inaoep.mx/~astrofi/cananea
- The Hard Labor Creek Observatory - The largest observatory in the southeastern United States, the observatory is operated by the GSU Astronomy Program, in support of basic observational research activities.
www.chara.gsu.edu/HLCO/index.html
- The Teaching Observatory - U. of Florida.
www.astro.ufl.edu/teachobs.html
- The United States Naval Observatory - The USNO mission is to determine the positions and motions of celestial objects, to provide astronomical data, to measure the Earth's rotation and to maintain the Master Clock for the United States.
www.usno.navy.mil
- TLS - Observatory in Germany. English text.
www.tls-tautenburg.de
- UBC Astronomy Telescope - Telescope astronomy group at UBC.
www.astro.ubc.ca/telescope/telescope.html
- UCI Observatory - 24 inch computer controlled telescope at University of California, Irvine.
www.physics.uci.edu/~observat
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) - A 3.8-metre diameter infra-red spectrum telescope situated at the top of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.
www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT
- University of Alabama Astronomy - Their observatories home page.
www.astr.ua.edu
- University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory -
astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes
- University of Hawaii - Observatory on Mauna Kea
www.ifa.hawaii.edu/88inch/88inch.html
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, - Astronomical Observatory
www.fiz.uni-lj.si/astro
- University of Toronto Southern Observatory - Their Home page.
www.astro.utoronto.ca/~utso
- UT RARC Homepage - Ritter Observatory, University of Toledo.
www.physics.utoledo.edu/~wwwphys/ritter/ritter.html
- Vatican Observatory - Their homepage.
clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo
- Zimmerwald Observatory - in Bern, Zurich.
www.cx.unibe.ch/aiub/zimmerw.html
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