Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.19116 - Observatories (South Pole)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories at the South Pole. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_19116.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.1919 - Observatories (Space)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in space. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_1919.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.194 - Observatories (Europe)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Europe. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_194.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.195 - Observatories (Asia)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Asia. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_195.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.196 - Observatories (Africa)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Africa. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_196.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.1971 - Observatories (Canada)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Canada. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_1971.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.1972 - Observatories (Mexico and Central America)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Mexico and Central America. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_1972.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.1973 - Observatories (United States)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in the United States. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_1973.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.198 - Observatories (South America)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in South America. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_198.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.1994 - Observatories (Australia)
- A collection of links to web sites related to observatories in Australia. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_1994.HTM
- 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.GriffithObs.org/
- 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.uchicago.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/observing/vlt/
- 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/
- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
- Hubble Space Telescope - Live!
URL --> http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/hst.html
- 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/observatories/palomar.html/index.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/
- Grove Creek Observatory
- Grove Creek Observatory, located in Australia
URL --> http://gco.apana.org.au
- Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory
- Information about the collaborative operation of two telescopes by the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
URL --> http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/mdm/
- 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
- Keck II Telescope
- This site provides information about the Keck II telescope located at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
URL --> http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu:3636/
- 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/nfra.htm
- 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 Australia. 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 (UBC)
URL --> http://www.astro.ubc.ca/LMT/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/
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- This is the site of the NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The observatory consists of four detection instruments, and was launched by the space shuttle Atlantis on April, 1991.
URL --> http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cossc/descriptions/cgro.htm
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Very Long Baseline Interferometry
URL --> http://sgra.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry
- This is the site of the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (JIVE), located in Europe.
URL --> http://daw22.nfra.nl/jive/
- National Solar Observatory
- Information about the National Solar Observatory on Sacramento Peak
URL --> http://www.sunspot.noao.edu
- Anglo-Australian Observatory
- Information about the Anglo-Australian Observatory
URL --> http://aaoepp.aao.gov.au/aaohomepage.html
- Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO)
- Information about the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory located in Chile
URL --> http://ctio.noao.edu/ctio.html
- U.S. Naval Observatory
- Information about the U.S. Naval Observatory.
URL --> http://www.usno.navy.mil/
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Hubble telescope information and images on this ftp site.
URL --> ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/stsci/epa/
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Information about the 12 meter radio scope on Kitt Peak at this ftp site.
URL --> ftp://heineken.tuc.nrao.edu/observerinfo/
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 522.2 - Telescopes and equipment
- A collection of links to web sites related to telescopes and equipment. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/522_2.HTM
