Photo of the 1.8m Plaskett Telescope, courtesy of the NRC/HIA - Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC, Canada

SHORT INDEX

1. In Space
2. International
3. Antarctica
4. Australia and the Pacific
5. Central America and the Caribbean
6. Europe
7. North America
8. South America

IN SPACE

• Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
  Operated as a joint programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• Next Generation Space Telescope  (NGST)
  Planned successor to the HST, possibly launched as soon as 2007.

INTERNATIONAL

• The Gemini 8-Meter Telescopes Project Executing agency: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
  Two state-of-the-art 8-meter telescopes are under construction, one for the northern and one for the southern skies. The northern telescope, on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, will see first light in 1998, and the southern telescope, on Cerro Pachon in Chile, in 2000.

ANTARCTICA

• The Automated Astrophysical Site-Testing Observatory (AASTO) US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, within a few hundred metres of the exact geographic South Pole (its precise latitude is -89°59').
  A joint project of the Department of Astrophysics and Optics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia,the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston, ACT, Australia and the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Includes a web camera.

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

• Australia Telescope National Facility Marsfield (Sydney), NSW
  Operates the Paul Wild Observatory, Narrabri, NSW, the Parkes Observatory (radiotelescope), Alectown, NSW, and the Mopra Observatory, near Coonabarabran, NSW.

CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

PUERTO RICO

• Arecibo Observatory
  Operated by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• KSB-ORB - Royal Observatory of Belgium Bruxelles

FRANCE

• Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
• Observatoire de Besançon
• Observatoire de Bordeaux
• Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) Saint Michel de Provence
• Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) Nice / Calern / Roquevignon
• Observatoire de Lyon
• Observatoire de Marseille
• Observatoire de Paris Paris / Meudon / Nançay
• Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble
• Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Pic du Midi de Bigorre

GERMANY

• Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Bonn

HUNGARY

• Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat
  Csillagvizsgáló Intézete (Baja Astronomical Observatory) Baja
• Heliophysical Observatory - Napfizikai Obszervatórium Debrecen
• Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest

IRELAND

• Dunsink Observatory Dublin

ITALY

• Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna  / Bologna Astronomical Observatory
• Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova.

SLOVAKIA

• Astronomical Institute - Slovak Academy of Sciences Tatranska Lomnica

SPAIN

• Observatorio del Teide Izańa (Tenerife), Canary Islands
• Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos Garafía (La Palma), Canary Islands

SWEDEN

• Lund Observatory / Institutionen för Astronomi
• Stockholms Observatorium / Stockholm Observatory Saltsjöbaden
  Part of the Astronomy Department of  Stockholm University.

SWITZERLAND

• Observatoire de Genčve Sauverny, GE

UNITED KINGDOM

• Andromeda Observatory South Yorkshire
• Armagh Observatory Armagh City, Northern Ireland
• Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories (NRAL) Jodrell Bank
  Home to the Lovell Telescope, MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) and VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry)
• Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Scotland
• Royal Observatory Greenwich Greenwich, London

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) Victoria

ONTARIO

• David Dunlap Observatory - University of Toronto Richmond Hill

QUEBEC

• Observatoiree du mont Mégantic
  Operated by the Groupe d'astrophysique de l'Université de Montréal

UNITED STATES

ARIZONA

• Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Tucson
  Part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO).
• Laser Museum & Space Signal Observatory (LSSO) Scottsdale
  Dedicated to the detection of laser signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
• Lowell Observatory Flagstaff
• The National Solar Observatory at Kitt Peak Kitt Peak
  Part of the National Solar Observatories.
• Steward Observatory, Tucson
  Observatory of the University of Arizona.
• WIYN Observatory Kitt Peak
  A 3.5m instrument owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium, consisting of the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO).

CONNECTICUT

• Van Vleck Observatory Middletown
  Part of the Astronomy Department of Wesleyan University.

HAWAII

• Canada - France - Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Kamuela
  A joint operation of the National Research Council of Canada, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France and the University of Hawaii.

MARYLAND

• Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Baltimore
  Astronomical research centre responsible for operating the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) (present position of HST) as an international observatory. It is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under contract to NASA.

MASSACHUSETTS

• Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) Cambridge
  Collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory.

NEW MEXICO

• National Solar Observatory Sacramento Peak
  Part of the National Solar Observatories

VIRGINIA

• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Charlottesville
  A facility of the US National Science Foundation, Arlington VA. It operates four major observation sites, plus other minor programs.

WISCONSIN

• Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay
  Observatory of the University of Chicago.

SOUTH AMERICA

CHILE

• Las Campanas Observatory
  Operated by the Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA, USA.
• Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) La Serena
  A complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located approximately 80 km to the East of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 m.. Part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO).
• European Southern Observatory (ESO) La Silla
  Observatory operated by an intergovernmental European organization for astronomical research. The organization has eight member countries and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany

Last modified: 2 Dec. 2004