Observatories

This page contains a incomplete list of links to various observatories throughout the world. Observatories are listed according to the types of telescopes they mostly operate, for example, optical or radio telescopes. Within each group observatories are listed in alphabetical order.

Optical Observatories

  1. AAO - Anglo-Australian Observatory
  2. Apache Point - Apache Point Observatory
  3. Arcetri - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
  4. Armagh - Armagh Observatory
  5. Bologna - Bologna Astronomical Observatory
  6. Brera/ Merate - Brera/Merate Astronomical Observatory
  7. Cagliari - Cagliari Astronomical Observatory
  8. Catania - Catania Astrophysical Observatory
  9. CFHT - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
  10. CTIO - Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
  11. Dunsink - Dunsink Observatory
  12. ESO - European Southern Observatory
  13. Griffith - Griffith Observatory
  14. Grove Creek - Grove Creek Observatory
  15. Hard Labor Creek - Hard Labor Creek Observatory
  16. Haute-Provence - Haute-Provence Observatory
  17. ING - La Palma Observatory, Isaac Newton Group
  18. JAC - UK/Canada/Netherlands Joint Astronomy Centre Hilo, Hawaii
  19. JCMT - James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
  20. KPNO - Kitt Peak National Observatory
  21. La Plata - La Plata Observatory
  22. Lick - UCO/Lick Observatory
  23. Lund - Lund Observatory
  24. Lyon - Lyon Observatory
  25. McDonald Observatory - University of Texas - McDonald Observatory
  26. Mees - Mees Solar Observatory
  27. MMTO - Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
  28. Mt Wilson - Mount Wilson Observatory
  29. Mt Laguna - Mount Laguna Observatory
  30. MSSSO - Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
  31. NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatories
  32. NOT - Nordic Optical Telescope
  33. NSO - National Solar Observatory
  34. Oak Ridge - Oak Ridge Observatory
  35. Padova - Padova Astronomical Observatory
  36. Palermo - Palermo Astronomical Observatory
  37. Paris - Paris Observatory
  38. Princeton - Princeton University Observatory
  39. RGO - Royal Greenwich Observatory
  40. ROE - Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
  41. Rome - Rome Astronomical Observatory
  42. Rothney - Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
  43. SAAO - South African Astronomical Observatory
  44. Sacramento Peak - Sacramento Peak Observatory
  45. San Fernando - San Fernando Solar Observatory
  46. SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  47. Torino - Torino Astronomical Observatory
  48. Trieste - Trieste Astronomical Observatory
  49. USNO - U.S. Naval Observatory
  50. Van Vleck - Van Vleck Observatory - Wesleyan University
  51. Whipple - Whipple Observatory
  52. Yerkes - Yerkes Observatory

Radio Observatories

  1. ATNF - Australia Telescope National Facility
  2. DRAO - Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
  3. EVN - European VLBI Network
  4. FCRAO - Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
  5. Green Bank - NRAO Green Bank Observatory
  6. Hat Creek - Hat Creek Radio Observatory
  7. Haystack - MIT Haystack Observatory
  8. MERLIN - UK Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network
  9. Millstone Hill - Millstone Hill Observatory
  10. Mount Pleasant - Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory
  11. MRAO - Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
  12. Nobeyama - Nobeyama Radio Observatory
  13. NRAL - Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank
  14. NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatories
  15. Onsala - Onsala Space Observatory
  16. Torun - Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory
  17. VLA - Very Large Array
  18. VLBA - Very Long Baseline Array
  19. VSOP - VLBI Space Observatory and RadioAstron Mission
  20. Westerbork - Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Satellite Observatories

  1. ISO - Infrared Space Observatory
  2. SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
  3. VSOP - VLBI Space Observatory and RadioAstron Mission

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