- Griffith Observatory
- The Griffith Observatory is owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks. The Griffith Observer, the Observatory's own monthly magazine, contains fascinating articles by prominent writers.
URL --> http://www.csun.edu/~hbphy003/
- Yerkes Observatory
- The Yerkes Observatory is located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin and is part of the University of Chicago
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
URL --> http://astro.uchicage.edu/yerkes.html
- Lick Observatory
- University of California Observatories - Lick Observatory
URL --> http://www.ucolick.org/index.html
- Gemini Project
- The Gemini Project is an international partnership to build two 8-meter telescopes, one on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and one on Cerro Pachon, Chile.
URL --> http://www.gemini.edu/
- Very Large Telescope (VLT)
- ESO - Very Large Telescope Project
URL --> http://www.eso.org/vlt.html
- Arecibo Observatory
- The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, which is operated by Cornell University under a Cooperative Agreement with the National Science Foundation.
URL --> http://www.naic.edu/
- Very Large Array (VLA)
- The Very Large Array (VLA) is one of the world's premiere astronomical radio observatories. The VLA consists of 27 antennas arranged in a huge Y pattern up to 36km (22 miles) across.
URL --> http://info.aoc.nrao.edu/doc/vla/html/VLAhome.shtml
- Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
- NRAO's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is an array of 10 25-m diameter antennas distributed over United States territory.
URL --> http://info.aoc.nrao.edu/doc/vlba/html/VLBA.html
- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
- Hubble Space Telescope Electronic Information Service
URL --> http://www.stsci.edu/
- Palomar Observatory
- Palomar Observatory is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The principal instruments at Palomar are the 200-inch Hale Telescope, the 48-inch Oschin Telescope, the 18-inch Schmidt telescope, and the 60-inch reflecting telescope.
URL --> http://astro.caltech.edu/palomar.html
- Kitt Peak
- Kitt Peak National Observatory, part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
URL --> http://www.noao.edu/kpno/kpno.html
- 3.5-meter WIYN telescope
- The 3.5-meter WIYN - (Wisconsin, Indiana, Yale, NOAO) - telescope at Kitt Peak was designed from the ground up with high-resolution CCD imaging in mind.
URL --> http://www.noao.edu/wiyn/
- Mauna Kea Observatories (Keck)
- The Mauna Kea Observatories are located near the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii.
URL --> http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/mko.html
- McDonald Observatory
- The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Astronomy and the McDonald Observatory home page.
URL --> http://www.as.utexas.edu/ut-astronomy.html
- Dwingeloo Observatory
- The Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (NFRA) institute is located in the woods near Dwingeloo. The institute dates back to 1956 when the Dwingeloo 25 meter radiotelescope was inaugurated. At the time it was the worlds largest telescope, today it is the worlds oldest professionally used radiotelescope.
URL --> http://www.nfra.nl/nfra/facilities/dwingeloo_kort.html
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Mount Wilson Observatory is operated by the Mount Wilson Institute. Much of the initial understanding of
our Universe came from data acquired at this facility. Located just outside of Pasadena California in the San Gabriel Mountains, the observatory has a heritage dating from the beginning of this century, and continues to remain at the forefront of observational astronomy and astrophysics.
URL --> http://www.mtwilson.edu/
- Lowell Observatory
- Estiblished in 1894 by Dr. Percival Lowell, the Lowell Observatory operates eight telescopes in the Flagstaff area, plus a ninth at the Perth Observatory in Western Austrailia. Several of Lowell's telescopes are equipped with state-of-the-art electronic cameras, modern
spectrographs, and other auxiliary instrumentation.
URL --> http://www.lowell.edu/
- Deep Space Network
- NASA's Deep Space Network is the largest and most sensitive scientific telecommunications system and the most precise radio navigation network in the world. Its principal responsibilities are to support interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations in the exploration of the solar system and the universe.
URL --> http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory Home Page.
URL --> http://www.nrao.edu/
- Liquid Mirror Telescopes at UBC
- Liquid Mirror Telescopes at University of British Columbia (UCB)
URL --> http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~cabanac/lmt.html
- Perkins Observatory
- Once housing the 3rd largest telescope in the world, Perkins Observatory is located in Central Ohio. A fun offbeat Web site.
URL --> http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~perkins/
- Anglo-Australian Telescope
- Images from the Anglo-Australian Telescope
URL --> ftp://aaoepp2.aao.gov.au/
- California Institute of Technology
- Very Long Baseline Interferometry
URL --> ftp://deimos.caltech.edu/VLBI/
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Hubble telescope information and images
URL --> ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/stsci/epa/
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Information about the 12 meter radio scope on Kitt Peak
URL --> ftp://heineken.tuc.nrao.edu/observerinfo/
