| 1. | 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 |
| 3. | 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 |
| 5. | European Southern Observatory | | | An intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research, operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, Germany.
www.eso.org |
| 6. | 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 |
| 8. | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes | | | on the island of La Palma in The Canary Islands. Details about the facilities offered on the 4.2-m William Herschel, 2.5-m Isaac Newton, 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn and Carlsberg Transit Circle Telescopes. Site also provides information related to activities of interest to amateur astronomers.
www.ing.iac.es |
| 13. | 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 |
| 14. | Calar Alto Observatory | | | The German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto is operated by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg (Germany) and provides three telescopes with apertures of 1.23m, 2.2m, and 3.5m as well as a Schmidt reflector.
www.mpia-hd.mpg.de |
| 17. | The Maidanak Foundation | | | The Maidanak Foundation is working to provide funding for existing telescopes at Mt. Maidanak in Uzbekistan. Mt. Maidanak has excellent seeing conditions, very unique for its longitude.
www.maidanak.org |
| 18. | Mauna Kea Observatories | | | The largest and most powerful collection of telescopes in the world is located near the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
www.ifa.hawaii.edu |
| 20. | 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 |
| 23. | 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 |
| 24. | 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 |
| 25. | SAO RAS Home Page | | | Russian Acadomy of Sciences. You wouldn't have gotten this a few years ago.
www.sao.ru |
| 26. | The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Project | | | The goal of the LBT project is to construct a binocular telescope consisting of two 8.4 meter mirrors on a common mount. This telescope will be equivalent in light-gathering power to a single 11.8 meter instrument. Because of its binocular arrangement, the telescope will have a resolving power (ultimate image sharpness) corresponding to a 22.8 meter telescope.
medusa.as.arizona.edu |
| 27. | Gemini Observatory | | | The Gemini Project is an international partnership that will result in two 8. 1-meter telescopes (each telescope has a main mirror over 26 feet across. ) one telescope is located on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, and the other on Chile's Cerro Pachón.
www.gemini.edu |
| 28. | 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 |
| 29. | Brown University Observatory | | | Our dark sky observing site is located in the hills of western Rhode Island. The low level of light pollution at this site makes it ideal for the observation of faint and low-contrast objects.
www-astro.physics.brown.edu |
| 30. | Climenhaga Observatory | | | An FTP page listing activities and discoveries from the University of Victoria using their automated telescope system.
astrowww.phys.uvic.ca |
| 34. | 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 |
| 35. | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | | | A complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located approximately 80 km to the east of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 meters.
www.ctio.noao.edu |
| 36. | 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 |
| 37. | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) | | | The CFH observatory hosts a world-class, 3.6 meter optical/infrared telescope. The mission of CFHT is to provide for its user community a versatile and state-of-the-art astronomical observing facility which is well matched to the scientific goals of that community and which fully exploits the potential of the Mauna Kea site.
www.cfht.hawaii.edu |
| 38. | 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 |
| 39. | 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 |
| 40. | Grove Creek Observatory | | | Run as a non-profit organisation for the benefit of the general public, amateur and professional astronomers.
gco.apana.org.au |
| 42. | 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 |
| 43. | 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 |
| 60. | Bologna Observatory | | | The Bologna Observatory is part of Astronet, a network connecting the twelve italian Observatories and their detached seats whith the national scientific network.
www.bo.astro.it |
| 62. | Berkeley Automated Imaging Telescopes | | | Unattended astronomical telescopes with electronic cameras to search for supernovae and monitor the brightness of celestial objects.
astro.berkeley.edu |
| 69. | TLS | | | Observatory in Germany. English text.
www.tls-tautenburg.de |
| 70. | SFA Observatory | | | Auston State University Observatory.
www.physics.sfasu.edu |
| 72. | Welcome to BAO's Home Page | | | Beijing Astronomical Observatory. You couldn't go here not so long ago. Very nice site.
www.bao.ac.cn |
| 78. | UT RARC Homepage | | | Ritter Observatory, University of Toledo.
www.physics.utoledo.edu |
| 79. | ASCA Information | | | The advanced satellite for cosmology and astrophysics. An orbital observatory.
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov |
| 83. | The Anglo-Australian Observatory | | | The AAO operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes on behalf of the astronomical communities of Australia and the UK. Its function is to provide world-class observing facilities for British and Australian optical astronomers.
www.ast.cam.ac.uk:80 |
| 86. | 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 |
| 88. | 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 |
| 89. | Large Telescopes | | | index of the world's largest ground-based optical telescopes
www.seds.org |
| 91. | Very Large Telescope (VLT) Project | | | The ESO Very Large Telescope will consist of four 8-meter telescopes which can work independently or in combined mode. In this latter mode the VLT provides the total light collecting power of a 16-meter single telescope, making it the largest optical telescope in the world.
www.eso.org |
| 93. | 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 |
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