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List of observatories
The following is a list of astronomical observatories, along with initial dates of operation and location, if available.
A
- Anglo-Australian Observatory
- Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda)
- Apache Point Observatory
- Sunspot, New Mexico (USA)
- Arecibo Observatory
- Australia Telescope Compact Array
B
- Benmore Peak Observatory
- Berlin Observatory
- Bordeaux Observatory
C
- Carter Observatory
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- Cheomseongdae astronomical observatory
- Collm Observatory
- Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
- Črni Vrh Observatory
D
E
F
G
- Gemini Science Center
- Gifford Observatory
- Griffith Observatory
H
J
K
L
- Leipzig Observatory
- La Silla Observatory
- Lick Observatory
- 1881
- Mount Hamilton , San Jose, California (USA)
- Lowell Observatory
- Lund Observatory at Lund University (1672, destroyed 1676, refounded 1749)
- Lyon Observatory
M
- Magdelena Ridge Observatory , New Mexico
- Marseille Observatory
- Mauna Kea Observatory
- McDonald Observatory
- MDM Observatory
- Meudon Observatory
- Mount John University Observatory
- Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Mount Stromlo Observatory
- Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge
N
- Nice Observatory
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- National Solar Observatory
- Nyrola Observatory
O
- Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
- Observatoire de la côte d'azur (OCA)
- Observatoire du mont Mégantic
P
- Palomar Observatory
- Panzano Observatory
- Paranal Observatory
- Paris Observatory
- Parkes Observatory
- Perth Observatory
- Pic du Midi Observatory
- Pine Bluff Observatory
- Pulkovo Observatory, Russia
- Purple Mountain Observatory
R
- Rome Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)
- Royal Greenwich Observatory
- Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma
S
- Skalnaté Pleso Observatory
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- Southern African Large Telescope
- Stardome Observatory
- Stjerneborg
- Stockholm Observatory (1749)
- Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
T
- Toulouse Observatory
U
- Uppsala Astronomical Observatory (1730)
- Urania (Antwerp)
- Urania (Berlin)
- Urania (Vienna)
- Urania (Zurich)
- Uraniborg
- U.S. Naval Observatory
- 1830
- Washington, DC, (USA)
V
- Very Large Array
- 1980
- Socorro, New Mexico (USA)
- Vilnius University Observatory
- Višnjan Observatory (Zvjezdarnica Višnjan)
W
Y
See also
- Space observatory
- Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology
- Wikipedia Project: Telescopes & Observatories
External links
- Benmore Peak Observatory, New Zealand
- University of Bonn, History of Astronomy Website
- List of American observatories, organized by state
Last updated: 10-25-2005 00:25:42
03-10-2013 05:06:04
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