Astronomy
Observatories
Many ground-based observatories are available across the WWW:
Summary of ground-based optical/IR telescopes and instruments
, including
large 8-m class telescopes
, from
Pat Côté
AAO
- Anglo Australian Observatory
Apache Point Observatory
ATNF
- Australia Telescope National Facility
BIMA
- Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association
Bologna Astronomical Observatory
CAT
- Cherenkov Array at Themis, a Gev gamma-ray telescope
Côte d'Azur Observatory
CfA
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
CFHT
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
CFHT Archive
Carnegie Institution of Washington
CHARA
- Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy at
Georgia State University
CSO
- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
DAO
- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
DDO
- David Dunlap Observatory
DRAO
- Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
Dudley Observatory
ESO
- European Southern Observatory
FCRAO
- Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
GNAT
- Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes
IAC
- Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
NASA
IRTF
- Infrared Telescope Facility
KAO
- Kuiper Airborne Observatory
Keck Observatory
(
Caltech mirror
)
Lick Observatory
Lowell Observatory
Lyon Observatory
McDonald Observatory
, run by the
University of Texas
MDM Observatory
- currently owned by the
University of Michigan
,
Dartmouth College
, and
MIT
MIT Haystack Observatory
MMT
- Multiple Mirror Telescope
Mount Wilson Observatory
NASTeC
- North American Small Telescope Cooperative
NEAT
- Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking observatory
NOAO
- National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Electronic forums:
AURA
,
NOAO
CTIO
- Cerro-Tololo Interamerican Observatory
Gemini
project (
more info...
)
GONG
- Global Oscillation Network Group
KPNO
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
NSO
- National Solar Observatory, with
daily solar pictures
Sac Peak
- Sacramento Peak Observatory (part of
NSO
)
Northern Lights Planetarium
in Norway
NRAO
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
GBT
- Green Bank Telescope
VLA
- Very Large Array
VLBA
- Very Long Baseline Array
VLBI
- Very Long Baseline Interferometry
NURO
- National Undergraduate Research Observatory
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
in Ensenada, Mexico
OVRO
- Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Palomar Observatory
SOFIA
- Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
U.S. Naval Observatory
VLT
- Very Large Telescope
WIYN Telescope
pls@astro.caltech.edu
Last modified: Mon Jun 15 14:37:17 PDT 1998
