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1st High Energy Astrophysics Observatory
(HEAO 1. GSFC. NASA)
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The first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO
1 was launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket on 12
August 1977 and operated until 9 January 1979. During that
time, it scanned the X-ray sky almost three times over
0.2 keV - 10 MeV, provided nearly constant monitoring of
X-ray sources near the ecliptic poles, as well as more
detailed studies of a number of objects through pointed observations.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.goV/docs/heao1/heao1.html
- Categories: telescope center high_energy space
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2-Telescopes Large Interferometer
(GI2T REGAIN)
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The Grand Interferometre a 2 Telescopes is an Optical Interferometer,
on Plateau du Calern, Departement Fresnel, Observatoire de la Côte
d'Azur, France.
- http://www.obs-nice.fr/fresnel/gi2t/en/
- Categories: telescope optical
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AKARI
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AKARI (formerly ASTRO-F) is an infrared sky survey mission from
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan
Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) with the participation of the European
Space Agency (ESA).
- http://www.astro-f.esac.esa.int/
- Categories: telescope infrared space survey
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AREA31 Radio Observatory
(A31RO)
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A31RO is a privately owned astronomical radio observatory operated by
the Interstellar Electromagnetics Institute/L'institut Electromagnetique Interstellaire under cooperative agreement with
the AREA31 Research Facility.
It is located near Shelburne,
Ontario, Canada, about 1-1/2 hrs drive NW of Toronto. The
Project TARGET microwave SETI program (since 1985), previously conducted at
the Hay River Radio Observatory and also the Algonquin Radio
Observatory is the primary initiative.
- http://www.area31.org/
- Categories: telescope radio
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ASTRO Observatory
(ASTRO-1 and ASTRO-2)
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The ASTRO Observatory had three primary instruments: the Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope (UIT), the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) and the Wisconsin
Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). The first Astro flight was on
December 2-11, 1990. The X-ray experiment Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
(BBXRT) was also part of the Astro-1 flight. The second
flight was on March 2-18, 1995.
- http://archive.stsci.edu/astro/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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ATNF - Australia Telescope Compact Array
(ATCA, Narrabri)
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The Paul Wild Observatory, near Narrabri, is part of the
Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), and operated by the CSIRO;
the Officer-in-Charge is Dr Graham Nelson. The Narrabri site contains
the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which consists of five antennas
located along a 3-km railtrack, and a 6th antenna 3
km further to the west.
- http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/
- Categories: telescope radio
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ATNF - Australia Telescope National Facility
(CSIRO)
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CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is an organisation that
supports and undertakes research in radio astronomy. It operates the
Australia Telescope, the collective name for a set of radio
telescopes in New South Wales. These telescopes are used, individually
or together, to study objects in the Universe ranging from
the remains of dead stars to entire galaxies.
- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/
- Categories: dept agency radio telescope
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ATNF - Mopra Observatory
(ATNF Mopra)
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The Mopra 22-m antenna is part of the Australia Telescope
National Facility (ATNF), operated by the CSIRO. It is intended
for use in conjunction with other AT antennas (the six
22-m dishes at Narrabri, and the 64-m Parkes dish) to
form the Long Baseline Array. Like the Parkes antenna, it
is also used for single-dish operation; mm-wavelength receivers are to
be installed soon.
- http://www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/mopra
- Categories: telescope radio
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ATNF - Parkes Observatory
(ATNF Parkes)
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The CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility operates a group of
radio telescopes collectively known as the Australia Telescope. The ATNF
Parkes Observatory consists of a 64m telescope which is used
as an independent instrument, and networked with other Australian and
international radio telescopes for VLBI.
- http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers
(AMPTE)
- http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/AMPTE/ampte_mission.html
- Categories: telescope particles space
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Advanced Camera for Surveys
(ACS)
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The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) will be installed in
the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during a Space Shuttle mission
scheduled in 2000. ACS will increase the discovery efficiency of
the HST by a factor of ten. ACS will consist
of three electronic cameras and a complement of filters and
dispersers that detect light from the ultraviolet at 1200 angstroms
to the near infrared at 10,000 angstroms.
- http://adcam.pha.jhu.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical space ultraviolet
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Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle
(AFOE)
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A Spectrograph for Precise Stellar Radial Velocity Measurements.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/afoe/
- Categories: telescope optical planetary
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Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
(ASCA, ex-Astro-D)
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ASCA (formerly named Astro-D) is Japan's fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy
mission, and the second for which the United States is
providing part of the scientific payload. The satellite was successfully
launched February 20, 1993.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca2.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Air Force Maui Optical Station
(AMOS)
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Information about the Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS), located
on Maui, Hawaii. This is a dual-use facility, supporting both
US government agencies as well as the civilian community. Assets
include visible and IR sensors, and a 3.67 meter telescope
under construction.
- http://www.maui.afmc.af.mil/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Anglo-Australian Observatory
(AAO)
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The Anglo-Australian Observatory operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt
Telescopes at Siding Spring, Australia, and a laboratory on the
same campus as the ATNF in the Sydney Suburb of
Epping.
- http://www.aao.gov.au/
- Categories: dept infrared optical telescope
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Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array
(AMANDA)
- http://amanda.berkeley.edu/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory
(AST/RO)
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AST/RO is a 1.7 meter diameter off-axis telescope for research
in astronomy and aeronomy at wavelengths between 200 microns and
2 mm. The instrument is now operating at the South
Pole with four heterodyne receivers and three acousto-optical spectrometers.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~adair/AST_RO/
- Categories: telescope infrared radio
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Apache Point Observatory
(APO)
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APO is privately owned and operated by the Astrophysical Research
Consortium. Located near Sunspot, New Mexico, the observatory consists of
a 3.5-meter telescope, the 2.5-meter Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope,
and two smaller telescopes.
- http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Arecibo Observatory - National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
(NAIC)
- http://www.naic.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Aristarchos 2.3m Telescope Project
(The New Greek Telescope)
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The New Greek Telescope project of the AI-NOA for
the 2.3m Ritchey-Chretien telescope, funded by the European Commission and
the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Hellenic
Ministry of Development.
- http://www.astro.noa.gr/ASC_2.3m/ngt_main.htm
- Categories: telescope optical
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Arizona Radio Observatory
(ARO)
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The ARO owns and operates two radio telescopes in southern
Arizona: The former NRAO 12 Meter (KP12m) Telescope located 50
miles southwest of Tucson on Kitt Peak and the Heinrich
Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (HHSMT) located on Mt. Graham near Safford,
Arizona. Combined, the two telescopes routinely cover the entire millimeter
and submillimeter windows from about 4.6 mm to about 0.6
mm, and at the HHSMT observations can be made all
the way to 0.3 mm with PI instruments. The telescopes
are operated around-the-clock for about 9 to 10 months per
year for a combined 10,000 hours per observing season (about
1500 hours are dedicated to sub-mm wavelengths at the HHSMT).
The ARO offices are centrally located in the Steward Observatory
building on the campus of the University of Arizona in
Tucson Arizona.
- http://aro.as.arizona.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
(ALEXIS)
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ALEXIS' X-ray telescopes feature curved mirrors whose multilayer coatings reflect
and focus low-energy X-rays or extreme ultraviolet light the way
optical telescopes focus visible light. The satellite and payloads were
funded by the Department of Energy and built by Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratory
and the University of California-Space Sciences Lab. The Launch was
provided by the Air Force Space Test Program on a
Pegasus Booster on April 25, 1993. The mission is entirely
controlled from a small groundstation at LANL.
- http://alexis-www.lanl.gov/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space ultraviolet
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Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational-sciencES
(ARIES)
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This observatory at Himalayan regions of Nainital, India (long.~79.5 degree
E, lat.~29.4 degree N , height~1951m) provides optical observational facilities
(astronomical and atmospheric sciences) with 5 telescopes of sizes in
between 15cm and 104cm. In future, ARIES plans to set-up
a 1-m class robotic and a 3-m class telescope. The
main research areas are in solar astronomy, star clusters, GRBs
and supernova, and stellar pulsations. ARIES also promotes research work
using radio and X-ray telescopes.
- http://aries.ernet.in/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Asiago Observatory
(Padova)
- http://www.pd.astro.it/asiago
- Categories: telescope optical
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Atacama Large Millimeter Array - ESO Web site
(ALMA)
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The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is the new name
for the merger of the major millimeter array projects into
one global project: the European Large Southern Array (LSA), the
U.S. Millimeter Array (MMA), and possibly the Japanese Large Millimeter
and Submillimeter Array (LMSA). This will be the largest ground-based
astronomy project of the next decade after VLT/VLTI, and, together
with the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), one of the
two major new facilities for world astronomy coming into operation
by the end of the next decade.
- http://www.eso.org/projects/alma/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Atacama Large Millimeter Array - NRAO Web site
(ALMA)
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The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is a millimeter wavelength
telescope. The U.S. side of the project is run by
the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), operated by Associated Universities,
Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The European side of the project is a collaboration between
the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the Netherlands Foundation for Research in
Astronomy and Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie, and the United Kingdom
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
- http://www.mma.nrao.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Automated Patrol Telescope
(APT)
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The Automated Patrol Telescope (APT) is a wide-field CCD imaging
telescope, which is operated by the University of New South
Wales at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.
- http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba/apt.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Belogradchik Astronomical observatory
- http://www.astro.bas.bg/~aobel/
- Categories: telescope optical
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BeppoSAX Mission
(SAX)
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The X-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX (Satellite per Astronomia X, "Beppo"
in honor of Giuseppe Occhialini) is a project of the
Italian Space Agency (ASI) with participation of the Netherlands
Agency for Aerospace Programs (NIVR).
In the framework of
past and future X-ray missions BeppoSAX stands out for its
wide spectral coverage, ranging from 0.1 to over 200 keV.
The sensitivity of the scientific payload allows the detailed study
over the entire energy band of sources as weak as
about 1/20 of 3C273. This opens new perspectives in the
study of broad band X-ray spectra and variability of cosmic
sources. [also in Italian]
- http://www.asdc.asi.it/bepposax/
- Categories: telescope center high_energy space
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Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association
(BIMA - Hat Creek)
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BIMA is a consortium consisting of the The University of
California at Berkeley, The University of Illinois at Urbana and
The University of Maryland at College Park which operates and
maintains a millimeter-wave radio interferometer at Hat Creek, California. As
of 2005 BIMA has been incoorporated in CARMA.
- http://bima.astro.umd.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Bernard Lyot Telescope
(UPS)
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2 m Cassegrain telescope operating in the visible domain. Located
at 2878 m high on the Pic du Midi in
the French Pyrénées. [also in French]
- http://bigorre.bagn.obs-mip.fr/tbl/indexeh.htm
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Big Bear Solar Observatory
(BBSO)
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This site contains daily images from our solar optical telescope
at Big Bear, California. Fulldisk images for the current month.
H-alpha, white light, and Ca-II K-line images are generally available
for every observing day; Ca-II K-line fulldisk archive; H-alpha fulldisk
archive; White light fulldisk archive; Current high-resolution region images; Programs
to read FITS images on IBM PCs and Macintoshes.
- http://www.bbso.njit.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical pictures solar
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Big Ear Radio Observatory Memorial website
(Ohio State University)
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Big Ear is a Kraus-type radio telescope which covers an
area larger than three football fields. The telescope is famous
for discovering some of the most distant known objects in
the universe, and the longest-running SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)
project.
- http://www.bigear.org/
- Categories: telescope radio survey
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Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
(BiSON)
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The current status of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network -
a global network for helioseismology. Additionally some recent results and
publications are available. [site under reconstruction]
- http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/
- Categories: telescope solar
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Boyden Observatory
(South Africa)
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Boyden Observatory is situated 25 km outside of Bloemfontein, besides
the Aventura Maselspoort Resort. The largest telescope at Boyden is
the 1,52 m telescope which is currently being upgraded. There
are also three smaller telecopes: a 10 inch, a 13
inch (currently used to observe cataclysmic variables) and a 16
inch.
- http://www.uovs.ac.za/container.php?faculties_id=04&dept_id=NFSK&code=DEPT_DOC&document_id=1349?PHPSESSID=b52d7551b81bc5f170ee6156d436ea9c
- Categories: telescope
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Bradford Robotic Telescope
(University of Bradford)
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The engineering in astronomy Team in the Department of
Industrial Technology are currently working on low-cost fully-robotic telescopes.
- http://www.telescope.org/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Brazil National Laboratory for Astrophysics
(LNA)
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The Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica is an Institute of the
Brazil National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). At
present, LNA supports 3 telescopes: the 1.6-m Ritchey-Chretien and coudé,
the 0.6-m Cassegrain and the 0.6-m telescope of the University
of São Paulo. [also in Portuguese]
- http://www.lna.br/Welcom_e.html
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Brazil National Observatory
(ON)
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The Observatório Nacional of Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro,
was founded in 1827. [in Portuguese]
- http://www.on.br/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Broad Band X-ray Telescope
(BBXRT. GSFC. NASA)
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The Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT) was flown on the
space shuttle Columbia (STS-35) on 1990 December 2-December 11, as
part of the ASTRO-1 payload. The flight of BBXRT marked
the first opportunity for performing X-ray observations over a broad
energy range (0.3-12 keV) with a moderate energy resolution (typically
90 eV and 150 eV at 1 and 6 keV,
respectively).
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Broadcast from Carl Sagan Observatory
(ASTRO-USON WebTV)
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Live broadcast of solar observation from Observatorio "Carl Sagan", Universidad
de Sonora, Mexico, from Monday to Saturday, 15 to 22
hrs UTC, weather permit.
- http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/webtv/webtv.htm
- Categories: telescope solar
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Bucknell University Observatory
- http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/physics/astronomy/observatory/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Bulgaria National Astronomical Observatory "Rozhen"
(NAO-Rozhen)
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The National Astronomical Observatory (NAO) - Rozhen (the Rhodopes), operated
by the Institute of Astronomy (IA), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
disposes with a 2-meter Ritchey-Chretien-Coude (RCC) telescope, a 50/70 cm
Schmidt, and a 60 cm Cassegrain telescope. On the 2-m
telescope, in the RC mode, direct images of extended astronomical
objects are obtained on astronomical photographic plates with size up
to 30x30 cm2, covering a field 1° x 1°. The
three cameras of the Coude spectrograph allow the obtaining of
spectra of astronomical objects with dispersions ranging from 2 Å
mm-1 to 36Å mm-1.
- http://www.astro.bas.bg/rozhen.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
(Armenia)
- http://www.aras.am/bao.html
- Categories: dept telescope
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CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research apparatUS
(CHORUS)
- http://choruswww.cern.ch/Public/welcome1.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits - Asteroseismology and Search for Exoplanets
(COROT)
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A space mission of the French Space Agency (CNES), with
a launch planned in 2006. COROT stands for COnvection ROtation
and planetary Transits.
- http://www.lam.oamp.fr/projets/corot/
- Categories: telescope optical planetary space
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COsmic Background Explorer
(COBE)
- http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
- Categories: telescope infrared radio space
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Cagliari Astronomical Observatory
(International Latitude Station)
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The Cagliari Astronomical Observatory was established as International Latitude Astronomical
Station of Carloforte in 1899, a small town of the
sardinian island of S. Pietro. It has been, for about
80 years, one of the five international stations devoted to
study the Earth rotation and polar motion. Observations with the
zenital telescope were carried out, except in the period of
the second world's war. Starting from 1978, the headquarters were
moved to Punta Sa Menta, a site 15 km far
from Cagliari which has the same latitude of the Carloforte
station. (Satellite Laser Ranging, Astrophysics, Planetary Dynamics, Time Laboratory, Data
Processing). [in Italian]
- http://www.ca.astro.iT/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory
(Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory)
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The German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto is located in
the Sierra de Los Filabres in Southern Spain. It operates
four telescopes with apertures from 1.2m to 3.5m as well
as a Schmidt reflector.
- http://www.caha.es
- Categories: telescope optical
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Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
(CSO)
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The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) is a cutting-edge facility for
astronomical research and instrumentation development. It consists of a 10.4-meter
diameter Leighton radio dish situated in a compact dome near
the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
- http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Cambridge LFST
- http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/clfst/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope
(COAST)
- http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/coast/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Cambridge Ryle Telescope
- http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/ryle/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Canada France Hawaii Telescope
(CFHT)
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CFHT is a joint facility of the National Research Council
of Canada, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of
France, and the University of Hawaii. The CFH observatory hosts
a world-class, 3.6 meter optical/infrared telescope. The observatory is located
atop the summit of Mauna Kea, a 4200 meter, dormant
volcano located on the island of Hawaii. The CFH Telescope
became operational in 1979.
There is a Mirror
copy of the Web site at CDS.
A CFHT page at CADC has information about the
CFHT archive, CCDs, proposal template and manuals.
- http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Canada France Hawaii Telescope (ftp)
(CFHT)
- ftp://ftp.cfht.hawaii.edu/pub/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Canadian Satellite Tracking and Orbit Research
(CASTOR Satellite Tracking Project)
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The Canadian Satellite Tracking and Orbit Research (CASTOR)project, based in
Ottawa, Ontario Canada, uses optical telescopes to track earth orbiting
satellites and inform the general public about our satellite population
that we take for granted every day.
- http://www.castor2.ca
- Categories: telescope education optical space
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Canopus 1 m telescope
(Tasmania)
- http://www.phys.utas.edu.au/physics/opttastr/canopus.htm
- Categories: telescope optical
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Carlsberg Meridian Telescope
(CMT)
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The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope (formerly the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle)
is located on La Palma and is dedicated to carrying
out high-precision optical astrometry.
- http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~dwe/SRF/camc.html
- Categories: telescope optical survey
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Carnegie Institution Observatories
(OCIW)
- http://www.ociw.edu/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Carter Observatory
(New Zealand)
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Carter Observatory is the National Observatory of New Zealand.
- http://www.carterobservatory.org
- Categories: dept education meetings optical telescope
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Case Western Reserve University - Nassau Station Robotic Telescope
(CWRU)
- http://astrwww.astr.cwru.edu/nassau/nassau.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan
(Cassini)
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Saturn and Titan will be the destination for the Cassini
mission, a project under joint development by NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
The U.S. portion of the mission is managed for NASA
by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/
- Categories: planetary center infrared optical particles radio space telescope ultraviolet
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Catania Astrophysical Observatory
(INAF-OACt)
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Daily solar images (chromosphere and photosphere). [also in Italian]
- http://woac.ct.astro.it/index_en.html
- Categories: telescope dept education optical solar
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Ceduna Radio Observatory
(South Australia)
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Ceduna 1 Satellite Earth Station in South Australia: 30 metre
diameter antenna.
- http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_ceduna.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
(CARA)
- http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/
- Categories: dept infrared other_astronomy telescope
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Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
(CEA / EUVE)
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The Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (CEA) opened in September,
1990. CEA represents the culmination of twenty years of research
and student training in the field of EUV astronomy brought
to focus by the launch of NASA's research mission, the
University of California at Berkeley Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), on
June 7, 1992.
- http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/
- Categories: telescope center space ultraviolet
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Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
(CHARA Array)
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CHARA research is focused on the development of astronomical long-baseline
optical/infrared interferometry and the application of interferometry to high resolution
observations leading to the determination of the astrophysical properties of
stars. The Center operates the CHARA Array, a six-telescope optical/infrared
interferometric array in a Y-shaped array contained within a 400m
diameter circle (on Mount Wilson, California). This configuration will provide
high resolution interferometry in the visible spectral region as well
as the K spectral band (2.2 micron), with a limiting
resolution of 0.2 milliarcsec in the visible.
- http://www.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
(CTIO)
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Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory is a complex of astronomical telescopes
and instruments located approximately 80 km to the East of
La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 Meters.
CTIO
is operated by the Association of Universities for Research
in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the
National Science Foundation as part of the National
Optical Astronomy Observatories.
- http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ctio.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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CfA 1.2 m Millimeter-Wave Telescope
(CfA_mini)
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The 1.2 meter Millimeter-Wave Telescope at the Harvard- Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics and its twin instrument at CTIO in Chile
have been studying the distribution and properties of molecular clouds
in our Galaxy and its nearest neighbours for over 20
years.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/mmw/
- Categories: telescope radio survey
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
(AXAF)
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the
Einstein Observatory. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced
X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998.
The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging
detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings.
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Cherenkov Array at Themis
(CAT)
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Homepage of the CAT (Cherenkov Array at Themis) imager. This
is an atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope for detection of high-energy
gamma rays (>200 GeV), sited in the French Pyrenees.
- http://lpnp90.in2p3.fr/~cat/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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China National Astronomical Observatories
(NAOC)
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The NAOC-Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) were officially founded on
April 25, 2001 through the bringing together of four CAS
observatories, three CAS observing stations and one CAS research centre.
The Headquarters of the NAOC are situated in the northern
suburbs of Beijing on the site of the former Beijing
Astronomical Observatory (BAO), and take responsibility for all matters relating
to the former BAO. [also in Chinese]
- http://www.bao.ac.cn/english/home.asp
- Categories: telescope infrared optical radio
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Climenhaga Observatory
(Canada)
- http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/climenhaga/obs/telescope.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Collaboration between Australia and Nippon for a Gamma Ray Observatory in the Outback
(CANGAROO)
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The project uses two gamma ray telescopes at a dark
site 15 km from Woomera, a small town 500 km
north of Adelaide.
- http://icrhp9.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy Project
(CARMA)
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CARMA will merge two university-based millimeter arrays -- OVRO and
BIMA -- to form a powerful astronomical tool for the
new millennium. Timeline: 2001: Submit site permit application; 2002: Begin
OVRO antenna conversion; 2004: Begin site construction, move OVRO antennas
& Complete site, move/convert BIMA antennas; 2005: High site is
fully operational.
- http://www.mmarray.org/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Constellation-X
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The Constellation X-ray Mission (formerly HTXS) is a Next Generation
X-ray Observatory dedicated to observations at high spectral resolution, providing
as much as a factor of 100 increase in sensitivity
over currently planned high resolution X-ray spectroscopy missions.
- http://constellation.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope
(CAT)
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The CAT is a three-element interferometer for cosmic microwave background
observations at 13 to 17 GHz.
- http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/cat/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Cracow - Solar radio emission in dm wavelength
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Continuous observations of solar radio emission in decimeter wavelength have
been maintained in Cracow since 1957. Beginning from January 1995
we provide the reduced data on-line. The new instrument for
solar radio observations is under construction. It is to start
its operation in May, 1995.
- http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/sol/
- Categories: telescope solar radio
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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
(CrAO)
-
The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) is one of the largest
scientific center in Ukraine. Mirror site: Stanford (USA). [also
in Russian]
- http://www.crao.crimea.ua/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Danish telescopes around the world
- http://www.astro.ku.dk/~michael/dantel.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical other_astronomy
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Dark Matter Telescope Project
(DMT / LSST)
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The Dark Matter Telescope, also referred to as the Large
Synoptic Survey Telescope, is a proposed 8.4 meter, 3-degree-field, synoptic
survey telescope.
- http://www.dmtelescope.org/
- Categories: survey optical telescope
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David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
(DDO)
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The David Dunlap Observatory is located in Richmond Hill, Canada.
As part of the University of Toronto's Department of Astronomy
it operates optical telescopes for research, the largest being a
1.88m telescope. DDO is also a centre for student training
and public education.
- http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/DDO/
- Categories: telescope education optical
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Deep Space Network - Goldstone Deep Space Station
(DSN)
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The NASA Deep Space Network - or DSN - is
an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions
and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of
the solar system and the universe. The network also supports
some Earth-orbiting missions, including emergency support of the Shuttle Space
Transportation System.
- http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/index.html
- Categories: telescope radio space
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Denver Univ. Astronomy
(DU)
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DU Astronomy research and Observatories, among which: Mt.Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory
located at 14,124 feet above sea level, on Mt.Evans in
the Front Range of Colorado, used for infrared astronomy research.
- http://www.du.edu/~rstencel/#obs
- Categories: dept infrared telescope
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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
(DAO)
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The DAO is operated by the National Research Council of
Canada's Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) as a national
centre for astronomical research within Canada, with emphasis on UV,
optical and IR astronomy. The Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
(CADC) is a group within the DAO which is responsible
for the Canadian archive of data from the Hubble Space
Telescope as well the archive of data from the Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope. DAO's Facility Manual is now online.
- http://www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/dao/index_e.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Dutch Open Telescope
(DOT)
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Innovative new optical solar telescope at the Roque de los
Muchachos Observatory on La Palma (Canary Islands). The DOT provides
extended sequences of solar images in various wavelengths with high
angular resolution (0.2 arcsec).
- http://dot.astro.uu.nl/
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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ESA - VILlafranca Satellite Tracking Station, SPAin
(VILSPA)
- http://www.vilspa.esa.es/
- Categories: telescope agency radio space
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ESA's X-ray Observatory
(EXOSAT at GSFC - NASA)
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The European Space Agency's X-ray Observatory, EXOSAT, was operational from
May 1983 to April 1986. During that time, EXOSAT made
1780 observations of a wide variety of objects, including active
galactic nuclei, stellar coronae, cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, X-ray binaries,
clusters of galaxies, and supernova remnants.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/exosat/exosat.html
- Categories: telescope center high_energy space
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EUSO - Extreme Universe Space Observatory
(EUSO)
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The "Extreme Universe Space Observatory - EUSO" is the first
Space mission devoted to the investigation of cosmic rays and
neutrinos of extreme energy (E > 5 x 10e19 eV),
using the Earth's atmosphere as a giant detector, the detection
being performed by looking at the streak of fluorescence light
produced when such a particle interacts with the Earth's atmosphere.
EUSO is a mission of the European Space Agency
ESA, and it is currently under "Phase A" study with
a goal for a three year mission starting in 2009.
EUSO will be accommodated, as an external payload of the
Columbus module, on the ISS International Space Station.
- http://www.euso-mission.org/
- Categories: telescope high_energy particles physics space
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Edinburgh Royal Observatory
(ROE)
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This site offers information about the extensive activities of the
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, a PPARC establishment responsible for building common-user
IR and sub-mm instrumentation and managing telescope sites and data
archive resources, as well as the UK Schmidt Telescope and
the SuperCOSMOS measuring machine. The ROE site also has links
to, or acts as the home page for:
-
Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh;
- latest research
e-prints;
- the Crawford library;
- the ROE Visitor Centre;
- the UKIRT data archive;
- Public Understanding of Science;
- ROE Photolabs;
- Teacher Research Inititive
and much more
information besides.
- http://www.roe.ac.uk/
- Categories: dept center infrared survey telescope
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Effelsberg Radio Telescope
(MPIfR)
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The Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) operates the world's largest movable
radio telescope, a 100-m single-dish near Effelsberg, 40 km south
of Bonn, Germany.
- http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg/index_e.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Einstein Observatory
(HEAO-2)
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The second of NASA's three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories, HEAO
2, renamed Einstein after launch, was the first fully imaging
X-ray telescope put into space. The few arcsecond angular resolution,
the field-of-view of tens of arcminutes, and a sensitivity several
100 times greater than any mission before it provided, for
the first time, the capability to image extended objects, diffuse
emission, and to detect faint sources. It was also the
first X-ray NASA mission to have a Guest Observer program.
Overall, it was a key mission in X-ray astronomy and
its scientific outcome completely changed the view of the X-ray
sky.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/einstein/heao2.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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El Leoncito Astronomical Complex
(CASLEO)
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The Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito is an astronomical facility operated
under agreement between the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas de la República Argentina and the Universities of La
Plata, Córdoba and San Juan.
Its main telescope is a
2.15 meter reflector, equipped with direct CCD camera, spectrographs, a
photopolarimeter and other instruments. It is located at 2552 meters
above the sea level, in a high quality astronomical site
in the mountains of Calingasta, 240 km away from the
city of San Juan (Argentina).
The use of this facility
is open to the national and international astronomical community. [also
in Spanish]
- http://www.casleo.gov.ar/indexingles.htm
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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European Northern Observatory
(ENO)
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The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and its Observatories
(the Observatorio de Teide, on Tenerife, and the Observatorio del
Roque de los Muchachos, on La Palma) make up a
Spanish research and observational centre, which, since 1979, has been
open to the international scientific community and effectively constitute the
European Northern Observatory (ENO). [also in Spanish]
- http://www.iac.es/eno/
- Categories: telescope dept infrared optical
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European Southern Observatory
(ESO)
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ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is a multinational organisation of
eight European member states. It operates astronomical observatories in Chile
and has its headquarters in Munich, Germany.
- http://www.eso.org/
- Categories: agency dept optical telescope
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European VLBI Network
(EVN)
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The European VLBI network (EVN) home page includes general information
on the EVN, including contact adresses around the network, Call
for Proposals, the EVN PC page, EVN and global VLBI
scheduling, VLBINFO account, EVN experiment feedback facility, Network monitoring reports
and other technical documents, the EVN Newsletter archive and a
description of the type of science that can be investigated
with the EVN array.
- http://www.evlbi.org/
- Categories: telescope radio
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European X-ray Observatory Satellite
(EXOSAT at ESTEC, ESA)
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The Exosat satellite was operational from May 1983 until April
1986 and in that time made 1780 observations in the
X-ray band of most classes of astronomical object. The payload
consisted of three instruments that produced spectra, images and light
curves in various energy bands.
- http://www.rssd.esa.int/Exosat
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems
(ExNPS)
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NASA's plan for the Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS)
consists of a long term program of continuous scientific discovery
and technological development leading ultimately to the detection and characterization
of Earth-like planets around nearby stars.
- http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/exnps/ExNPS.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical planetary space
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FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph
(FORS, ESO VLT)
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The two FORS instruments are designed as all-dioptric focal reducers
for the ESO Very Large Telescope. They are capable of
doing : direct imaging , long slit grism spectroscopy ,
multi object grism spectroscopy , polarimetry (FORS1), medium dispersion echelle
grism spectroscopy (FORS2), and all sensible combinations of these modes
(e.g. imaging- or spectropolarimetry) in the wavelength range from 330nm
to 1100nm.
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/fors1/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
(FUSE French site)
-
Site of the French team contributing to Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic
Explorer (FUSE).
FUSE est un satellite observatoire de la
NASA dédié à la spectroscopie haute résolution dans le domaine
ultraviolet. Ce programme est realisé en coopération avec l'Agence Spatiale
Canadienne et le Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). [in
French]
- http://www.iap.fr/Fuse/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
(FUSE)
-
The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer was launched on June 24,
1999; this satellite astronomy project is based at The Johns
Hopkins University. [also in French]
- http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer
(FAST)
-
The NASA Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer (FAST) satellite is designed
to investigate the plasma physics of the auroral phenomena which
occur around both poles of the earth.
- http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/fast/
- Categories: telescope particles radio space
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Fibre Large Area Multi-Element Spectrograph
(FLAMES, ESO VLT)
-
FLAMES is a Fibre Facility for the ESO VLT. It
includes a high and intermediate resolution optical spectrograph (GIRAFFE), with
its own fibre system.
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/flames/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory
(FCRAO)
-
The FCRAO was founded in 1969 by the University of
Massachusetts, together with Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College
and Smith College. The original low frequency telescope was superseded
in 1976 by a 14-m diameter radome-enclosed antenna for use
at high radio frequencies (mm wavelengths), built primarily to study
the physics and chemistry of interstellar clouds, circumstellar envelopes, planetary
atmospheres, and comets.
- http://donald.phast.umass.edu/~fcrao/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Florence and George Wise Observatory
(Wise)
- http://wise-obs.tau.ac.il/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
(FLWO)
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The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) is the largest field
installation of the Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) outside Cambridge,
MA (USA). Located near Amado, Arizona on Mount Hopkins, the
FLWO has the following facilities: * The 6.5-meter MMT (256-inch) ,
a joint facility operated with the University of Arizona, for
solar system, galactic and extragalactic astronomy. * The 1.5-meter (60-inch) and
1.2-meter (48-inch) reflector telescopes, for solar system, galactic and extragalactic
astronomy. * The 1.3-meter(51-inch) PAIRITEL (Peters Automated IR Imaging Telescope, ex-2MASS)
reflector, for infrared observations, especially of gamma-ray bursts, supernovae and
other variable sources. * The 10-meter optical Gamma-ray reflector telescope. Also
visit VERITAS. * The IOTA Telescopes, used for optical and infrared
interferometry (in collaboration with several institutions). * The HAT (Hungarian Automated
Telescope) network of optical refractor telescopes, used for robotic observations
of the night sky.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/flwo/index.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy infrared optical
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Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope
(FASR)
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FASR is a concept for a groundbased synthesis imaging radiotelescope
designed specifically for observing the Sun.
- http://www.ovsa.njit.edu/fasr/
- Categories: telescope radio solar
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Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer
(FAME)
-
FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented
accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars
within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between
the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and several other institutions. FAME
will measure stellar positions to less than 50 microarcseconds. It
is a NASA MIDEX mission scheduled for launch in 2004.
- http://aa.usno.navy.mil/FAME/
- Categories: telescope optical space
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GALaxy Evolution EXplorer
(GALEX)
-
A Space Ultraviolet imaging and spectroscopic mission that will map
the global history and probe the causes of star formation
over the redshift range 0 < z < 2.
- http://www.galex.caltech.edu/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
(GLAST)
-
The GLAST Mission is under study for flight in the
first decade of the next century. GLAST is a next
generation high-energy gamma-ray observatory designed for making observations of celestial
gamma-ray sources in the energy band extending from 10 MeV
to more than 100 GeV.
- http://www-glast.stanford.edu/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Gemini - U.K. Support Group
(UKGSG)
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The U.K. GEMINI Support Group based at Oxford University, England
is aimed at supporting the U.K. astronomer community in the
use of the GEMINI 8m Telescopes. This site is the
main source of information on the telescopes themselves, their instrument
compliment, applying for observing time, observing with the GEMINI telecopes
and post-observing data reduction/analysis for U.K. researchers.
- http://gemini.physics.ox.ac.uk/
- Categories: dept infrared optical telescope
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Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs
(GMOS)
-
There will be one GMOS for each of the two
GEMINI 8-m telescopes ( UK mirror ) which are due
for completion in 1998 and 2000. They will provide a
versatile low/medium resolution spectroscopic capability which will exploit the excellent
image quality delivered by the telescopes at optical and near-infrared
wavelengths.
- http://star-www.dur.ac.uk/~jra/gmos.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Gemini Observatory
(Two 8 m telescopes)
-
The Gemini Observatory consists of twin 8-meter optical/infrared telescopes located
on two of the best sites on our planet for
observing the universe. Together these telescopes can access the entire
sky. The Gemini South telescope is located at almost 9,000’
elevation on a mountain in the Chilean Andes called Cerro
Pachón. Cerro Pachón shares resources with the adjacent SOAR Telescope
and the nearby telescopes of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
The Gemini North Telescope is located on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea
as part of the international community of observatories that have
been built to take advantage of the superb atmospheric conditions
on this long dormant volcano that rises almost 14,000' into
the dry, stable air of the Pacific. The Gemini Observatory’s
international headquarters is located in Hilo, Hawaii at the University
of Hawaii at Hilo’s University Park.
- http://www.gemini.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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German Interferometer for Multi-channel Photometry and Astrometry
(DIVA)
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The Deutsches Interferometer fuer Vielkanalphotometrie und Astrometrie (DIVA) is a
small astronomy satellite, planned for launch in 2004. It is
aimed to measure positions, proper motions and parallaxes, brightness and
color of at least 30 million stars.
This amount
and the high precision is unreached so far by any
predecessor mission. In a sense it is a pathfinder mission
for the technology of upcoming cornerstone missions in the ESA
Horizon 2000+ and the NASA Origins programmes like GAIA, DARWIN,
LISA, SIM etc.
- http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/diva/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical space ultraviolet
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Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
(GMRT)
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The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) consists of 30 fully
steerable parabolic dish antennas of 45 m diameter and is
located in western India about 100 kms east of Bombay
(Mumbai). It is in the shape of a `Y' covering
an area equivalent to a 25 km. dia. circle. GMRT
operates currently in the range 120 to 1450 MHz and
is the largest synthesis radio telescope in the world at
metre wavelengths.
GMRT has been opened for world wide
use since January 2002.
- http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra_hpage/gmrt/gmrt.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Ginga
(ex Astro-C)
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Astro-C, renamed Ginga (Japanese for 'galaxy'), was launched from the
Kagoshima Space Center on 5 February 1987. The primary instrument
for observations was the Large Area Counter (LAC). Ginga was
the third Japanese X-ray astronomy mission, following Hakucho and Tenma.
Ginga reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 1 November 1991.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ginga/ginga.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics
(GAIA)
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GAIA is a preliminary concept for a second space astrometry
mission (after HIPPARCOS), recently recommended within the context of ESA's
Horizon 2000 Plus long-term scientific programme. It is aimed at
the broadest possible astrophysical exploitation of optical interferometry using a
modest baseline length.
- http://www.rssd.esa.int/gaia/
- Categories: telescope optical space
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Global Oscillation Network Group
(GONG)
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The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) is a community-based program
to conduct a detailed study of solar internal structure and
dynamics using helioseismology. In order to exploit this new technique,
GONG has developed a six-station network of extremely sensitive, and
stable velocity imagers located around the Earth to obtain nearly
continuous observations of the Sun's "five-minute" oscillations, or pulsations.
- http://gong.nso.edu/
- Categories: telescope solar
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Gornergrat Infrared Telescope
(TIRGO)
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The Telescopio InfraRosso del GOrnergrat ( TIRGO ) is located
on the northern tower of the Kulm Hotel at Gornergrat
(3135 m altitude) near Zermatt . It is a 1.5m
Cassegrain telescope with a wobbling secondary and optimized for infrared
observations. The telescope and related instrumentation is run by
the Istituto di Radioastronomia (IRA - C.N.R. ), sezione di
Firenze (former CAISMI) , with the assistance of the Osservatorio
Astrofisico di Arcetri and the Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza
dello Spazio of the Universita' di Firenze.
- http://www.arcetri.astro.it/irlab/tirgo/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Gran Telescopio Canarias Project
(GTC)
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The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), is a high performance segmented
10-meter telescope to be installed in one of the best
sites of the Northern Hemisphere: the Roque de los Muchachos
Observatory (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain). First light is planed
for 2002.
The GTC project is a Spanish initiative,
led by the IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
with the aim of becoming an international project. GRANTECAN
has undertaken the construction of this telescope. [also in Spanish]
- http://www.gtc.iac.es/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Green Bank
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank (West Virginia)
is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under
cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
- http://www.gb.nrao.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Groupe Astronomie de Spa
(GAS)
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Groupe Astronomie de Spa (Belgium)
- http://www.groupeastronomiespa.be
- Categories: education astroweb people space telescope
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Guillermo Haro Observatory
(Cananea, Mexico)
- http://www.inaoep.mx/~astrofi/cananea/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Haleakala Observatories
(Hawaii)
- http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/haleakala/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical solar
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Hard Labor Creek Observatory
(HLCO)
- http://www.chara.gsu.edu/HLCO/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
(HartRAO)
- http://www.hartrao.ac.za/
- Categories: telescope dept radio
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Hat Creek Radio Observatory
(UMD)
- http://astron.berkeley.edu/~plambeck/technical.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Haystack Observatory
- http://www.haystack.mit.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Herschel Science Centre
(ex-FIRST)
-
The `Herschel Space Observatory' - the mission formerly known as
FIRST - will perform photometry and spectroscopy in the 60-670
µm range.
- http://www.rssd.esa.int/herschel
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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High Energy Astrophysics Observatories
(HEASARC. GSFC. NASA)
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Comprehensive list of satellites with high energy astrophysics instrumentation. Includes
images from these missions.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/corp/observatories.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy pictures space
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High Energy Stereoscopic System Project
(HESS)
-
H.E.S.S. is a next-generation system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays in the 100
GeV energy range. The name emphasizes two main features of
the proposed installation, namely the simultaneous observation of air showers
with several telescopes, under different viewing angles, and the combination
of telescopes to a large system to increase the effective
detection area for gamma rays. H.E.S.S. will allow to explore
gamma-ray sources with intensities at a level of a few
thousandth parts of the flux of the Crab nebula. H.E.S.S.
is located in Namibia, near the Gamsberg, an area well
known for its excellent optical quality. The first of the
four telescopes of Phase I of the H.E.S.S. project went
into operation in Summer 2002; all four should be complete
by 2004.
- http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/HESS.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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High Energy Transient Explorer
(HETE-2)
-
The High Energy Transient Explorer is a small scientific satellite
designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts.
- http://space.mit.edu/HETE/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment
(HEXTE)
-
The High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment is one of 3
common-user instruments on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)
which was launched on 1995 December 30. The HEXTE is
sensitive to X-rays from 15 to 250 keV and is
able to time-tag photons in this energy range to 8
microseconds.
- http://mamacass.ucsd.edu/hexte/hexte.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector
(HiRes)
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The HiRes detector - an atmospheric fluorescence detector: HiRes currently
consists of two sites on top of two mountains separated
by 13km in western Utah.
- http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/astrophysics/HiRes.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Hobby Eberly Telescope
(HET)
-
The Hobby-Eberly telescope (HET) is a new 9 meter telescope,
built at the University of Texas McDonald Observatory near
Ft. Davis Texas as a result of an international collaboration
between the University of Texas at Austin, The
Pennsylvania State University and Stanford University in the United
States and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, and Goerg-August-Universitaet Goettingen. The
HET has been tailored for spectroscopy, and in particular, fiber-coupled
spectroscopy.
- http://www.astro.psu.edu/het/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Hubble Space Telescope
(HST)
-
The Hubble Space Telescope is a cooperative program of the
European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) to operate a long-lived space-based observatory for the
benefit of the international astronomical community. To accomplish this goal
and protect the spacecraft against instrument and equipment failures, NASA
had always planned on regular servicing missions. Hubble has special
grapple fixtures, 76 handholds, and stabilized in all three axes.
HST is a 2.4-meter reflecting telescope which was deployed in
low-Earth orbit (600 kilometers) by the crew of the space
shuttle Discovery (STS-31) on 25 April 1990. HST's current complement
of science instruments include three cameras, two spectrographs, and fine
guidance sensors (primarily used for astrometric observations). Because of HST's
location above the Earth's atmosphere, these science instruments can produce
high resolution images of astronomical objects. Ground-based telescopes can seldom
provide resolution better than 1.0 arc-seconds, except momentarily under the
very best observing conditions. HST's resolution is about 10 times
better, or 0.1 arc-seconds.
- http://www.stsci.edu/hst/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical space ultraviolet
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IAC / Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos
- http://www.iac.es/gabinete/orm/orm1.htm
- Categories: telescope optical
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IAC / Observatorio del Teide
- http://www.iac.es/gabinete/oteide/ot1.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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INTERBALL
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INTERBALL is the solar-terrestrial programme aimed to study various plasma
processes in the Earth magnetosphere by the system of spacecraft
consisting of two pairs (satellite-subsatellite) above the polar aurora and
in the magnetospheric tail respectively. The project INTERBALL is a
part of of the Programme coordinated by the Inter-Agency Consultative
Group (IACG) for Space Science consisting of representatives of ESA,
NASA, RKA and Japan Institute of Space and Aeronautics Sciences.
According to this Programme a system of ten core spacecraft
of the listed above agencies is spatially distributed between the
L1 and L2 Sun-Earth libration points to study solar-terrestrial relationship.
- http://www.iki.rssi.ru/interball/
- Categories: telescope particles planetary radio space
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INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
(INTEGRAL)
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ESA's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory is detecting some of the
most energetic radiation that comes from space. It is the
most sensitive gamma-ray observatory ever launched. INTEGRAL is an ESA
mission in cooperation with Russia and the United States.
- http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=21
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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IPS Radio & Space Services
(IPS)
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IPS is a unit of the Australian Government Department of
Administrative Services and provides the Australian radio propagation and space
environment services. Includes: Sydney Regional Warning Centre; Culgoora Solar Observatory;
Learmonth Solar Observatory; Prediction Services; Consultancy Services
- http://www.ips.oz.au/
- Categories: telescope solar radio
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Indian Astronomical Observatory Hanle
(IAO, the world's highest observatory for optical and infrared astronomy)
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The Indian Astronomical Observatory, the high-altitude station of IIA is
situated at an altitude of 4500 metres above mean sea
level to the north of Western Himalayas. Atop Mt. Saraswati
in the vast Nilamkhul Plain in the Hanle Valley of
Changthang, Ladakh (4250m above msl), the site is a dry,
cold desert with sparse human population and the ancient Hanle
monastery as its nearest neighbour. The cloudless skies and low
atmospheric water vapour make it one of the best sites
in the world for optical, infrared, sub-millimetre, and millimetre wavelengths.
A 2-m optical infrared telescope is installed at the observatory.
This telescope is remotely operated from CREST, Hosakote, using dedicated
satellite links. In addition, IIA is collaborating with University of
Washington, St. Louis, in operating a 0.5-m photometry telescope for
continuous monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei. This telescope will be
one of the pair of telescopes constituting Antipodal Transient Observatory.
A 0.3-m Differential Image Motion Monitor, a 220-GHz radiometer and
an Automated Weather Station have been installed to facilitate continuation
of site characterisation.
- http://www.iiap.res.in/iao/iao.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Infra-Red Space Interferometer DARWIN
(IRSI / DARWIN)
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The `InfraRed Space Interferometry Mission' DARWIN (IRSI or DARWIN) is
a cornerstone mission in the ESA `Horizon 2000+' science plan.
The goals for this space mission is for the
first time to detect terrestial planets in orbit around other
stars than our Sun.
- http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=28
- Categories: telescope infrared planetary space
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Infra-Red Telescope Facility
(IRTF)
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The IRTF is a 3.0 meter telescope optimized for use
in the infrared. It was first built to support the
Voyager missions to Jupiter. It is now the USA National
facility for infrared astronomy providing continued support to planetary and
deep space applications.
- http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu
- Categories: telescope infrared optical planetary
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InfraRed Array Camera for Spitzer Space telescope
(IRAC)
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The Spitzer Space Telescope (ex-Space InfraRed Telescope Facility Spitzer),
contains three focal plane instruments, one of which is the
Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). IRAC is a four-channel camera that
provides simultaneous 5.12 x 5.12 arcmin images at 3.6, 4.5,
5.8, and 8 microns.
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/Research/irac/firstpage.html
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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InfraRed Spectrograph on Spitzer Space Telescope
(IRS)
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The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) is one of three instruments to
be flown in the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF).
- http://isc.astro.cornell.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Infrared Space Observatory
(ISO)
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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) has been an ESA (European
Space Agency) mission with the participation of ISAS (Japan) and
NASA (USA). This WWW server is maintained at the ISO
Data Centre, which is based at Villafranca, Madrid, and is
part of the Astrophysics Division of the Space Science Department.
- http://www.iso.vilspa.esa.es/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Infrared Space Observatory U.S. Support Center
(ISO)
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U.S. science support center for observers using the Infrared Space
Observatory (ISO), a fully approved and funded project of the
European Space Agency (ESA).
- http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/iso/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera
(ISAAC, ESO VLT)
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ISAAC covers the wavelength range 1-5µm and is designed primarily
for: 'wide' (2.5x2.5') field imaging and long slit low &
medium resolution spectroscopy.
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/isaac/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Infrared and Optical Telescope Array
(IOTA)
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/IOTA/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimétrique
(IRAM)
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IRAM is an international institute for research in millimeter astronomy,
cofunded by the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
France), the MPG (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Germany), and since September
1990 the IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Spain).
The three
IRAM sites are: Grenoble, France: the IRAM headquarters, Laboratories (the
SIS junction lab the backend group, the receiver group); Plateau
de Bure, France: the interferometer of four 15-m antennas; Granada,
Spain: the Granada laboratories, the 30-m telescope located on Pico
Veleta.
- http://www.iram.fr
- Categories: telescope dept radio
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Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia
(IAR)
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Información sobre las características del Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, sus
facilidades instrumentales, tareas de investigación y desarrollo en curso, personal
científico y técnico y actividades de extensión.
- http://www.iar.unlp.edu.ar/
- Categories: telescope dept radio
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Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica. Astrophysics Department
(INAOE, Mexico)
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Information on the Large Millimeter Telescope an about the Cananea
observatory
- http://www.inaoep.mx/~astrofi/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Interferometry Center of Excellence
(ICE, JPL)
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The Interferometry Center of Excellence (ICE), at JPL, has been
established to ensure the development and maintenance of a leading
edge capability in optical and near-infrared interferometric astrometry and imaging.
- http://ice.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope infrared misc optical
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International Interference Mitigation (for Radio Astronomy)
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This Web site is a meeting place for anyone interested
in the technical problems of making radio astronomical measurements in
the presence of other radio signals. Postings on this site
are from scientists and engineers around the world on subjects
such as suppression of RFI from electronic devices, measurement of
the electromagnetic environment, and techniques for separating weak cosmic signals
from other radiation in the radio spectrum.
- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/SKA/intmit/
- Categories: telescope misc radio
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International Liquid Mirror Telescope Project
(ILMT)
- http://vela.astro.ulg.ac.be/themes/telins/lmt/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Iowa Robotic Telescopes Facilities
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The University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Department maintains
these pages as a guide to our suite of robotic,
autonomous tasking telescopes. In addition to using these instruments for
teaching and faculty and student research, limited observing time is
made available to anyone with an interest in Astronomy and
a valid observing request.
- http://phobos.physics.uiowa.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Isaac Newton Group - La Palma
(ING)
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The Issac Newton Group consists of three telescopes, the 4.2
metre William Herschel Telescope, the 2.5 metre Isaac Newton Telescope,
and the 1 metre Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope. They are situated
at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, on the
island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and are
operated by the Royal Observatories of the UK. This resource
contains documentation for many of the major instruments, details of
how to apply for time, brief descriptions of the telescopes,
details and status of the service programme, current telescope schedules,
weather information for La Palma, and pointers to other institutions
which share the site.
The site is mirrored at
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/ING/ for faster access to UK users.
- http://www.ing.iac.es/
- Categories: telescope optical pictures
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JWST ListServs
(ex-NGST ListServs)
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This URL takes you to a WWW page where you
can subscribe to a number of listservs devoted to the
Next Generation Space Telescope project. You may subscribe to any
of them. Posting is restricted. Right now, these are used
as ways to inform the community about progress in the
project. The web site contains links for feedback to the
project team members.
- http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/News/lists/
- Categories: newsgroup infrared space telescope
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James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
(JCMT)
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The 15-m JCMT is situated close to the summit of
Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and is the largest submillmetre facility in
the world. It is owned and operated by the UK,
Canada and the Netherlands on behalf of astronomers worldwide. Its
home page contains information about the site, the antenna and
the instrumentation, as well as a description of the JCMT-CSO
interferometer, and details of the various time allocation processes.
- http://www.jach.Hawaii.edu/JCMT/
- Categories: telescope infrared radio
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James Webb Space Telescope
(JWST, ex-NGST)
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The JWST is a critical component of NASA's Origins Program.
It will be a telescope of aperture greater than 4m,
radiatively cooled to 30 - 60 deg.K, permitting extremely deep
exposures at near infrared wavelengths with a 10 year life.
A key requirement is to break the HST cost paradigm
through the use of new technology and management methods. This
site is designed to serve as the starting point for
finding online NGST Study documentation.
There is also a
public home page at NASA, and a European
site at ST-ECF.
- http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Jicamarca Radio Observatory
(Peru)
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Radar studies of the ionosphere and upper atmosphere.
- http://jicamarca.ece.cornell.edu/
- Categories: telescope physics radio weather
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Jodrell Bank Observatory
(University of Manchester)
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Jodrell Bank Observatory is part of the University of Manchester's
Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratories are home to
the Lovell Telescope and the MERLIN & VLBI National Facility
which is operated by the University on behalf of PPARC.
- http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/
- Categories: dept education optical radio schedule telescope
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Joint Astronomy Centre
(Hilo, Hawaii)
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The Joint Astronomy Centre incorporates the 15m James Clerk Maxwell
Telescope (JCMT) and the 3.8m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
on the 4200m summit of Mauna Kea along with the
Centre's Hawaii headquarters in Hilo. The facility is operated by
the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh on behalf of the Science and
Engineering Research Council of the United Kingdom, the Nederlandse Organisatie
Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek and the National Research Council of Canada.
- http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical radio
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Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe / European VLBI Network
(JIVE / EVN)
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The European VLBI Network (EVN) was formed in 1980 by
a consortium of five of the major radio astronomy institutes
in Europe (the European Consortium for VLBI). Since 1980, the
EVN and the Consortium has grown to include 9 institutes
with 12 telescopes in 8 western European countries as well
as associated institutes with telescopes in Poland, Russia, Ukraine and
China. Proposals for additional telescopes in Spain and Italy are
under consideration, and furthermore, the EVN can be linked to
the 7-element Jodrell Bank MERLIN interferometer in the UK and
to the US Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to create
a " global network" . In 1993 the Joint Institute
for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) was created, with the Netherlands
Foundation for Research in Astronomy (Dwingeloo) acting as the host
institute. It will provide both scientific user support and a
correlator facility. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) achieves ultra-high angular
resolution and is a multi-disciplinary technique e.g. imaging of extragalactic
radio sources, geodesy and astrometry.
- http://www.jive.nl
- Categories: telescope dept radio
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KLEt Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
(KLENOT)
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The KLENOT project is a project of the KLEt' observatory
Near earth and Other unusual objects observations Team (and Telescope),
concentrating particularly on fainter objects, up to a limiting magnitude
of m=22.0 V. All the observing time will belong to
our team, this will allow us to make changes in
the observing programme as necessary.
The KLENOT telescope was
constructed using a 1.06-m primary mirror and a primary focus
corrector to obtain a plane field of view 33 x
33 arcminutes. This telescope is equipped with a CCD camera
Photometrics Series 300.
- http://klenot.klet.org/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory
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The Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory is operated by the Institute of
Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology (IGAM) of the University of Graz,
Austria. It is located near Villach, close to the Italian
and Slovenian border. Operated continuously and devoted also to Solar
surveillance since its foundation in 1943 it houses a rich
archive of observations.
- http://www.solobskh.ac.at/
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Keck Observatory
(CalTech)
- http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik
(KIS)
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The Kiepenheuer-Institut is a research institution of the German state
of Baden-Wuerttemberg, dedicated to the study of the Sun. It
is located in Freiburg, Germany, and operates solar observing facilities
at the Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Spain.
- http://www.kis.uni-freiburg.de/kiswwwe.html
- Categories: dept optical solar telescope
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Kirkwood Observatory
- http://www.astro.indiana.edu/facilities/observatories/kirkwood/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Kitt Peak National Observatory
(KPNO)
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Observing information. There is also an anonymous ftp
- http://www.noao.edu/kpno/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
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The Kodaikanal Observatory of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics is
located in the beautiful Palani range of hills in Southern
India. It was established in 1899 as a Solar Physics
Observatory and all the activities of the Madras Observatory were
shifted to Kodaikanal.
- http://www.iiap.res.in/kodai/kodai.html
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Koelner Observatorium fuer SubMillimeter Astronomie
(KOSMA)
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The 3-m KOSMA telescope at Gornergrat (Switzerland) is operated by
the I. Physikalisches Institut (Cologne, Germany). It can be used
for observations between 210 and 820 GHz.
- http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/gg/
- Categories: telescope infrared radio
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Kvistaberg Observatory
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The Observing Station of the Uppsala Observatory.
- http://www.astro.uu.se/history/Kvistaberg.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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LAMOST Sky Survey Project
(LAMOST)
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LAMOST is a meridian reflecting Schmidt telescope. Using active optics
technique to control its reflecting corrector makes it a unique
astronomical instrument in combining large aperture with wide field of
view. The available large focal plane may accommodate up to
4000 fibers, by which the collected light of distant and
faint celestial objects down to 20.5 magnitude is fed into
the spectrographs, promising a very high spectrum acquiring rate of
ten-thousands of spectra per night. The telescope will be located
at the Xinglong Station of National Astronomical Observatories. The project’s
budget is RMB 235 millions yuan, about 28.5 million USD.
- http://www.lamost.org/
- Categories: survey optical telescope
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LECS Instrument on BeppoSAX
(SAX, ESTEC, ESA)
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SAX is devoted to systematic, integrated and comprehensive studies of
galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources in the energy band 0.1
- 200 keV; the observational goal to be addressed is
to continue and expand upon previous spectral and timing observations
of celestial sources in those areas for which the existing
information is missing or inadequate and will remain uncovered in
the foreseable future.
- http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA-general/Research/Sax/index.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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La Silla - ESO Facilities
- http://www.ls.eso.org/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Lake Afton Public Observatory
(Wichita State University)
- http://webs.wichita.edu/lapo/
- Categories: telescope education optical
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Large Angle and Spectrographic Coronagraph for SOHO
(LASCO/SOHO)
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This instrument monitors the solar corona above the Sun's limb
in a similar way as we perceive the corona during
a solar eclipse. It produces images of the corona in
the visible spectrum and with distance off the Sun's center
ranging from 1.1 to 32 solar radii.
- http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/indexe.shtml
- Categories: telescope optical solar space
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Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
(LBT)
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The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is a collaboration between Arizona
(25%), Italy (25%, represented by the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory in
Florence), Research Corporation (12.5%), the Ohio State University (12.5%), and
Germany (25%, represented by the LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft).
The goal
of the LBT project is to construct and exploit a
binocular telescope consisting of two 8.4-meter mirrors on a common
mount. This telescope will be equivalent in light-gathering power to
a single 11.8-meter instrument. Because of its binocular arrangement, the
telescope will have a resolving power (ultimate image sharpness) corresponding
to a 23-meter telescope.
- http://lbto.org/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical ultraviolet
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Large Millimeter Telescope / Gran Telescopio Milimétrico
(LMT)
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The Large Millimeter Telescope is a bi-national project sponsored by
both U.S. and Mexican governments and institutions to build the
largest single-dish millimeter-wavelength radio telescope ontop of the mountain Cerro
La Negra near Puebla in Mexico. The telescope is currently
under construction with a rough completion date near 2003.
- http://www.lmtgtm.org/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array Project
(LMSA: ALMA in Japan)
- http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/~lmsa/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
(LLNL)
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The focus of the Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Program
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is the development of
integrated adaptive optics (AO) and sodium-layer laser guide star (LGS)
systems for use on large astronomical telescopes.
- http://www.llnl.gov/urp/science/lgs_www/lgs.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
(LIGO)
- http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
- Categories: telescope
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Lick Observatory - University of California
(UCOLICK)
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Descriptions and users' manuals for Lick Observatory telescopes and facility
instruments on Mount Hamilton; local weather; astronomical calendars; telescope time
applications; staff and contacts at Lick Observatory.
Pages on
Lick Observatory of general interest to the public; Lick Observatory
history; visitor information; Mount Hamilton web camera.
- http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/
- Categories: telescope dept education infrared optical pictures
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Liquid Mirrors at Université Laval
(LM)
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Liquid Mirror (LM) technology is being developed at Université Laval.
A f/1.2, 2.5 meter diameter, mercury mirror is being extensively
tested in our testing tower. We are also exploring the
use of gallium eutectics as reflecting liquids. The design of
novel optical correctors to increase the accessible field of view
of liquid mirrors up to 45 degrees is also addressed.
- http://wood.phy.ulaval.ca/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Liverpool John Moores University, Astrophysics Research Institute
(ARI, Liverpool JMU)
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Details of the research and teaching interests of the group,
as well as information on the Liverpool Telescope project
- a fully-robotic 2m telescope to be situated at the
Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma.
As
well as the Astrophysics degree-course with Liverpool University, we also
have an innovative distance learning course.
- http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/astro/
- Categories: dept infrared optical telescope
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Loiano Telescopes - Bologna
- http://www.bo.astro.it/loiano/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
(LEGRI)
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LEGRI is a payload for the first mission of the
Spanish MINISAT platform. The objective of LEGRI is to demonstrate
the viability of HgI2 detectors for space astronomy, providing imaging
and spectroscopical capabilities in the 10-100 keV range.
- http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/instrument/legri.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Low Frequency Array
(LOFAR)
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The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is a radio telescope that
will operate at the lowest frequencies that are accessible from
earth. The current plan is that LOFAR will work in
the range from 10-240 MHz. The telescope is being developed
by ASTRON, based in Dwingeloo (the Netherlands).
- http://www.lofar.org/
- Categories: telescope radio
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MDM Observatory
(MDM Observatory)
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MDM Observatory was founded by the University of
Michigan, Dartmouth College, and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Current operating partners include Michigan, Dartmouth,
MIT, Ohio State University, and Columbia University.
The Observatory is located on the southwest ridge of the
Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ. It
operates two telescopes: the 2.4-m Hiltner telescope and the 1.3-m
McGraw-Hill telescope.
- http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/obs/mdm/
- Categories: telescope optical
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MONOPTEC's Fixed Shutter Dome
(FSD)
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MONOPTEC licenses the Fixed Shutter Dome, an enabling technology in
observatory enclosures and satellite laser ranging systems. Four FSD's now
reside in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the Keystone Project.
- http://monoptec.com
- Categories: misc optical telescope
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MOnitoring X-ray Experiment
(MOXE)
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The MOnitoring X-ray Experiment (MOXE) is an X-ray all-sky monitor
to be launched on the Russian Spectrum-X-Gamma satellite. It will
monitor several hundred X-ray sources on a daily basis, and
will be the first instrument to monitor the complete X-ray
sky simultaneously. MOXE is built by Los Alamos Nat Lab,
Goddard Space Flight Center and Space Research Institute (Moscow).
- http://nis-www.lanl.gov/nis-projects/moxe/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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MPE Garching site for COMPTEL
(onboard Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory)
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Local project documentation and utilities as well as collaboration-wide information
sources are maintained by the MPE COMPTEL people for: COMPTEL
Data Reduction Group work: documents, scientific results and utilities used
by the data analysts, the processing team and the scientists.
COMPASS software system work : technical and management documents, used
and maintained by the MPE software team. the local computing
environment : documents on system configuration, maintained by the MPE/RZG
software team. MPE - COMPTEL People Matters: the weekly activity
list individual 'home pages'
- http://www.mpe.mpg.de/gamma/COMPTEL/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Magdelena Ridge Observatory Project
(MRO)
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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) project is an international scientific
collaboration between New Mexico Tech, the University of Cambridge (UK),
New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University, the University
of Puerto Rico, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The project
is overseen by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The observatory
is primarily intended for astronomical research and will be composed
of two facilities, a single telescope and an array of
optical/infrared telescopes called the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI). Located
on the main ridge of the Magdalena mountains, some 30
miles west of the New Mexico Tech campus, at an
elevation of 10,600 ft. above sea level, it will be
the fourth highest observatory in the world.
- http://www.mro.nmt.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Magellan Mission to Venus
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NASA's Magellan spacecraft made a dramatic conclusion to its highly
successful mission at Venus when it is commanded to plunge
into the planet's dense atmosphere Tuesday, October 11, 1994. During
its four years in orbit around Earth's sister planet, the
spacecraft has radar-mapped 98 percent of the surface and collected
high-resolution gravity data of Venus. The purpose of the crash
landing is to gain data on the planet's atmosphere and
on the performance of the spacecraft as it descends. Up-to-date
status reports will be available from this WWW page, which
also offers Venus images and other highlights from the mission.
- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/
- Categories: telescope space
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Mauna Kea Observatories
- http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical radio
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Mauritius Radio Telescope
(MRT)
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MRT is a southern sky survey telescope, which is making
a complimentary survey to 6C (southern sky) and observing selected
southern sky pulsars. See UK and original MRT
pages.
- http://icarus.uom.ac.mu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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McDonald Observatory
(University of Texas, Austin)
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McDonald Observatory is located 450 miles west of Austin, Texas,
in the Davis Mountains. At present, there are three operating
telescopes: 2.7-meter, 2.1-meter, and .76-meter reflectors. The Observatory is equipped
with a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation for imaging and
spectroscopy in the optical and infrared, and it boasts one
of the first and most productive lunar ranging stations.
- http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/mcdonald.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Mees Solar Observatory
(MSO, Hawaii)
- http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/mees.html
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Metsahovi Radio Research Station
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The Metsähovi Radio Research Station, a separate research institute of
the Helsinki University of Technology since May 1988, operates a
14 m diameter radome enclosed radio telescope at Metsähovi, 40
km west of Helsinki, Finland. The Cassegrain telescope system can
be used at frequencies 10 - 230 GHz (wavelengths 3
cm - 1.8 mm).
- http://kurp-www.hut.fi/
- Categories: telescope radio solar
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Michelle: A mid-infrared spectrometer and imager for the UKIRT and Gemini telescopes
- http://www.roe.ac.uk/ukatc/projects/michelle/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Michigan State Univ. SOuthern Astrophysical Research Telescope
(SOAR)
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Outreach efforts to merge astronomy research and non-science education. The
SOAR Telescope is located on Cerro Pachon, Chile, and operated
by a consortium including Michigan State University, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
and the country of Brazil.
- http://www.pa.msu.edu/soarmsu/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Microlensing Planet Finder Project
(MPF, ex-GEST)
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The Microlensing Planet Finder Project (MPF) is by far the
most powerful proposed observatory for finding large numbers of planetary
systems. It answers the following questions: How many planets are
there? How are they distributed in mass and distance from
their parent stars, and in distance from the Galactic Center?
How many have large moons? How many have been expelled
from their systems? None of these questions are fully addressed
by other techniques particularly if the abundance is low. MPF
will do this by observing microlensing signals from 100 million
stars in the Galactic bulge for 4 observing seasons, and
it will have sensitivity to planets with masses as low
as 0.1 M\oplus at separations > 0.7 AU. MPF will
be sensitive to analogs of all the planets in the
solar system except for Mercury and Pluto and will complement
the Kepler mission.
- http://bustard.phys.nd.edu/GEST/
- Categories: telescope optical planetary space
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Microvariability and Oscillations of STars
(MOST)
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MOST is Canada's first space science microsatellite and its first
optical space telescope project, aiming for launch in late 2001.
MOST is designed to measure (as its acronym implies) Microvariability
& Oscillations of STars in broadband light with a precision
of a few micromagnitudes over timescales from minutes to days.
The resulting eigenfrequency data will be used primarily for stellar
seismology, to probe the structure and ages of Sun-like stars,
magnetic stars, Wolf-Rayet stars and halo subdwarfs. The subdwarfs are
expected to yield age estimates which would place a meaningful
lower limit on the age of the Universe. MOST should
also be capable of confirming the presence of giant extrasolar
planets identified in Doppler surveys.
- http://www.astro.ubc.ca/MOST/
- Categories: telescope optical space
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Mid-InfraRed Large-well Imager
(MIRLIN)
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Mid-InfraRed Large-well Imager - No, the "n" doesn't stand for
anything ;-) (MIRLIN) - The JPL Deep-Well Mid-Infrared Array
Camera. MIRLIN is a 128 x 128 pixel, 7 -
25 micrometer infrared astronomical camera built at JPL by a
team led by Dr. Michael Ressler and used on the
Palomar 5 meter (200 inch) telescope, the NASA Infrared Telescope
Facility 3 meter telescope, and the Keck II 10 meter
telescope.
- http://cougar.jpl.nasa.gov/mirlin.html
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Midcourse Space Experiment
(MSX)
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The MSX observatory is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization project
which offers major benefits for both the defense and civilian
sectors. It was launched on a Delta II vehicle on
April 24, 1996, into a 900 km, polar, near-Sun synchronous
orbit. The spacecraft featured an advanced multispectral image capability to
gather data on test targets and space background phenomena.
The infrared sensors operated at 11 to 12 degrees Kelvin
by employing a solid hydrogen cryostat. The IR instruments span
the range 4.2 - 26 microns. The focal plane array
consists of five bands and the radiometer beam-size is more
than 25 times smaller than IRAS. As a result, much
greater spatial resolution than anything currently available has been obtained.
The cryogen phase of the mission ended on 26 February
1997. During the ten month cryogen phase of the mission
over 200 Giga Bytes of data on Celestial Backgrounds were
obtained.
See the MSX Celestial Backgrounds Team
Home Page for additional details.
- http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/ipac/msx/msx.html
- Categories: telescope center infrared physics planetary solar space
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Millstone Hill Observatory
(MHO, Haystack)
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The Millstone Hill Observatory, located in Westford Massachusetts, is a
broad-based atmospheric sciences research facility owned and operated by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Atmospheric Sciences Group, which staffs
and manages the observatory, is a part of M.I.T's Haystack
Observatory, a basic research organization whose focus is radio wave
and radar science, instrumentation and techniques. The following resources may
be of interest. EISCAT is a particularly good source of
data and useful information. See, for example, incoherent scatter radar
and magnetosphere Millstone Hill Observatory: Information, data, etc., including real-time
radar status and data when the radar is operating. EISCAT:
European Incoherent Scatter Association. NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research.
NSF: National Science Foundation Gopher server. NASA: National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. NGDC: National Geophysical Data Center.
- http://hyperion.haystack.edu/homepage.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Mississippi State University - Howell Observatory
- http://www.msstate.edu/dept/physics/resources/observatory.php
- Categories: telescope optical
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Moletai Astronomical Observatory
(MAO)
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The MAO (Lithuania) has three telescopes: 1.65 m telescope; 63
cm reflector; 35/51 cm Maksutov telescope.
- http://www.itpa.lt/mao/aboutmao.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope
(MOST)
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The MOST consists of two cylindrical paraboloids, 778m x 12m,
separated by 15m and aligned East-West. A line feed system
of 7744 circular dipoles collects the signal and feeds 176
preamplifiers and 88 IF amplifiers. The telescope is steered by
mechanical rotation of the cylindrical paraboloids about their long axis,
and by phasing the feed elements along the arms. The
resulting `alt-alt' system can follow a field for +/- 6
hours (necessary for a complete synthesis with an East-West array)
only if the field is south of declination -30 degrees.
For fields near this limit the signal-to-noise ratio is considerably
lower for the first and last hour or so due
to the lower gain of the system at large `meridian
distance' angles.
- http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/most/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy
(MIRA)
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The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy is a non-profit
astronomical observatory, founded in 1972 and dedicated to research and
education in astronomy. Includes an Atlas of Low-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectra
of Normal Stars.
- http://www.mira.org/
- Categories: dept education infrared optical telescope
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Mount Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory
(Denver Univ.)
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Mt.Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory, elev. 4,303 meters, in the Colorado Rockies.
Dual 0.7 meter R-C telescopes, optical and mid-infrared instrumentation. Summer
access. Collaborations invited.
- http://www.du.edu/~rstencel/MtEvans/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Mount Graham International Observatory
(MGIO)
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The Mt. Graham International Observatory is located on Mt. Graham
near Safford , Arizona. Two telescopes are now in operation,
the Vatican Observatory/Arizona 1.8m Lennon telescope (VATT) and the
10m diameter Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope (SMT), a joint
project of Arizona and the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany.
- http://mgpc3.as.arizona.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical radio
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Mount Laguna Observatory
- http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory
(Tasmania)
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The Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory is run by the Physics
Department of the University of Tasmania and is located 20
km East of Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. The Observatory
is equipped with two antennas, a 26 m and a
14 m which are both prime focus instruments. The 26
m telescope is at latitude 42 48' 18'' S, longitude
147 26' 21'' (east of Greenwich) and is 43 m
above sea level.
- http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_mt_pleasant.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories - Observing facilities
(MSSSO)
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The Australian National University runs the following telescopes: 2.3m at
Siding Springs ; 74in at Mount Stromlo ; 50in at
Mount Stromlo ; 40in at Siding Springs ; 24in at
Siding Springs.
- http://msowww.anu.edu.au/observing/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Mount Suhora Observatory
(Cracow Pedagogical University)
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The Mt.Suhora Observatory is a part of Astronomy Department at
the Pedagogical University in Cracow, Poland. It is located in
Gorce mountain, near Koninki village, 60 km south-east of Cracow.
The scientific staff of 9 people works on photometry
of variable stars.
- http://www.as.wsp.krakow.pl/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Mount Wilson Observatory
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The mountain is host to several ongoing observing projects using
the onsite facilities. The observatory has two primary nighttime telescopes:
the 60-inch telescope, built in 1908 is home to the
HK Project and the Atmospheric Compensation Experiment; and the 100-inch
(Hooker) telescope, built in 1917, which is available to the
scientific community. Two solar observatories, the 60-foot tower telescope (operated
by USC), and the 150-foot tower telescope (operated by UCLA)
maintain long-term exploration of the magnetic activity behavior of the
Sun. There are also two interferometers onsite: the Infrared Spatial
Interferometer (ISI, operated by U.C. Berkeley), and the NRL Optical
Interferometer. The Telescopes in Education (TIE) Project operates a 24"
telescope, as well as the Snow Solar Telescope (built in
1904). Finally, a fully-robotic 32-inch Automatic Photoeletric Telescope (APT) is
operated by Tennessee State University.
- http://www.mtwilson.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical solar
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Mt John (Canterbury) University Observatory
(New Zealand)
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There are three principal telescopes at Mt John: the 1-metre
McLellan Telescope; the 0.61-metre Optical Craftsmen Telescope; the 0.6-metre Boller
& Chivens Telescope.
- http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/research/mt_john/index.shtml
- Categories: telescope optical
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Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network
(MERLIN - Jodrell Bank)
- http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/merlin/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer Space Telescope
(MIPS)
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The Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF (MIPS) is a far-infrared
photometer, one of three instruments on Spitzer, launched on 25
August of 2003.
- http://mips.as.arizona.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (1)
(MMTO)
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mmt/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (2)
(MMTO)
- http://www.mmto.org/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Muriwai Beach Observatory NZ
- http://www.observatory.co.nz/
- Categories: telescope
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NFO's Automatic Radio Linked Telescope
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Observatory associated with Western New Mexico University in Silver
City, NM (USA).
- http://www.nfo.edu/nfo.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Nançay Radio Observatory
(USN)
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The Nançay Radio Observatory is a scientific department (the Unité
Scientifique de Nançay) of the Observatoire de Paris, and it
is also associated to the CNRS (the French National
Scientific Research Centre). It maintains 3 radio telescopes:
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the Decimetric Radiotelescope, which is the world's 2nd largest fixed
collector, operating from 9 to 21 cm;
- the Radioheliograph, operating
from 60 cm to 2 m;
- the Decametric Array, operating
from 3 to 30 m.
[also in French]
- http://www.obs-nancay.fr/
- Categories: dept radio telescope
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Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System - Near-Infrared Imager and Spectrograph
(NAOS-CONICA -- NaCo -- ESO VLT)
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/naos/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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National Astronomical Observatory of Spain
(OAN)
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OAN is a 200 year old institution devoted to research
in astronomy that operates several observatories. The Yebes Observatory is
the site of a mm-wave 14m telescope devoted to spectroscopy
and VLBI. A 1.5m optical telescope is located at the
Calar Alto Observatory. The OAN is also the Spanish partner
of IRAM, which runs a 30m mm-wave telescope and a
5x15m mm-wave interferometer.
- http://www.oan.es/
- Categories: telescope optical radio
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National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
(NCRA)
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National Centre for Radio Astrophysics is the leading centre in
India for reseach in radio astronomy. It operates the Giant
Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT), one of the most powerful radio telescopes
in the world for radio astronomy at metre wavelengths.
- http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/
- Categories: dept radio telescope
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National Schools' Observatory
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The National Schools' Observatory is a major web-based resource that
allows UK schools to use world-class astronomical telescopes sited all
around the world.
Using the resources and software developed by
the Observatory, students can prepare and carry out their own
astronomical research and share in the excitement of discovery.
- http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/
- Categories: education optical pictures telescope
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National Solar Observatory
(NSO, USA)
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The mission of the National Solar Observatory is to advance
knowledge of the Sun, both as an astronomical object and
as the dominant external influence on Earth, by providing forefront
observational opportunities to the research community.
- http://www.nso.edu/
- Categories: telescope education infrared optical solar
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National Undergraduate Research Observatory
(NURO)
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The National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO) at Lowell Observatory and
Northern Arizona University is a 0.8m telescope located on Anderson
Mesa south of Flagstaff, Arizona. NURO is a consortium of
Universities and small colleges to provide a research grade telescope
for undergraduate research and education.
- http://www.nuro.nau.edu/
- Categories: telescope education optical pictures
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Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
(NICMOS)
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The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS, Univ. of
Arizona) is a second-generation instrument to be installed on the
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the February 13, 1997 on-orbit
servicing mission. NICMOS will provide infrared imaging and spectroscopic observations
of astronomical targets between 0.8-2.5 microns.
- http://nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000/NICMOS.html
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking
(NEAT)
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NEAT is an autonomous celestial observatory located at the USAF/Ground-based
Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) site on Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii.
It is designed to complete a comprehensive search of the
sky for near-Earth asteroids and comets.
- http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Categories: planetary optical telescope
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New Radio Telescope Technologies Laboratory
(NRTT Lab)
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NRRT Lab. of JSEC "Astronomy" in St.Petersburg, Russia. Current research:
Antenna testing and research, development of new antenna technologies for
radio telescopes including multielement feed arrays, MMIC focal receiver arrays,
active phased arrays for radio telescopes. Development, investigation and introduction
of new observation modes at RATAN-600 radio telescope.
- http://brown.nord.nw.ru/nrttlab.htm
- Categories: dept radio telescope
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Nobeyama Radio Observatory, NAOJ
(NRO)
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Information regarding the 45-m Telescope, the Millimeter Array(NMA), the Large
Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (LMSA) project, and much more.
- http://www.nro.nao.ac.jp/index-e.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Nordic Optical Telescope
(NOT, La Palma)
- http://www.not.iac.es/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Northeastern Space Radio Observatory - VLBI antenna
(ROEN)
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VLBI Antenna at Radio-Observatorio Espacial do Nordeste, site of Fortaleza,
Brazil.
- http://www.roen.inpe.br/index_e.htm
- Categories: telescope radio
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Noto VLBI Station
- http://www.ira.noto.cnr.it/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Oak Ridge Observatory
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/OakRidge/oak.ridge.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees
(OMP)
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The Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) is an Observatoire des Sciences de
l'Univers placed under the administrative supervison of both the Institute
des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU) of the French National Center
for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Ministry of Research, Technology
and Education. It has laboratories located on the Rangueuil campus
of Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (UPS), in Bagnères, Lannemezan
and on the summit of Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
- http://www.obs-mip.fr/omp/
- Categories: dept solar telescope
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Observatoire de Haute-Provence
(OHP)
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The Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) is an optical observatory in
southeast France offering small and medium-sized observing facilities to astronomers
in France, Europe and abroad. Includes information about instruments and
user manuals.
- http://www.obs-hp.fr/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Observatoire du Mont Mégantic
(OMM)
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A Ritchey-Chretien telescope with a mirror of 1.6m, located at
about 250 km east of Montreal, at an altitude of
1111m. [in French]
- http://www.astro.umontreal.ca/omm/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Observatorio Astronomico da Serra da Piedade
(OAP, Mainas Gerais, Brazil)
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The Serra da Piedade observatory belongs to the Federal University
of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is opened to the
general public every first Saturday of each month for observations.
Tutorials and workshops are also part of the program, presented
by astronomers and undergraduate students of the university.
The
observatory is equipped with one Zeiss 0.6 meter reflector and
one Zeiss 15cm Coudè refractor. The observatory is located 50km
east of Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil.
- http://www.fisica.ufmg.br/OAP/
- Categories: education telescope
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Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
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The Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN) operates 3 telescopes (2.1m, 1.5m,
and 0.84m) up in the mountains of the Sierra San
Pedro Martir of Baja California. The observatory offices and workshops
are located in Ensenada, B.C. overlooking the Pacific ocean. OAN
is a part of the Instituto de Astronomía of the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- http://www.astrosen.unam.mx/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Observatorium Hoher List
(Bonn)
- http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~webstw/hl.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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OmegaCAM
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OmegaCAM is a 1 square degree wide field, optical, 16k
X 16k camera for the VLT Survey Telescope (VST),
which is expected to become operational at Paranal during the
year 2005.
- http://www.astro.rug.nl/~omegacam/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Onsala Space Observatory
(OSO)
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OSO is the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy.
- http://www.oso.chalmers.se/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Orbiting Very Long Baseline Interferometry
(OVLBI)
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The Orbiting VLBI tracking station in Green Bank, West Virginia
is one of four NASA tracking stations dedicated to support
of Very Long Baseline Interferometry satellites.
- http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ovlbi/OVLBI.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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OverWhelmingly Large Telescope Project
(OWL)
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A project of 100-m class optical and near-infrared telescope. Building
on the success of its 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT)
and the coming to maturity of controlled optical systems, ESO
is undertaking the design of a giant, next generation optical
and near-infrared telescope, dubbed OWL for the eponymous bird's keen
night vision, and for OverWhelmingly Large. With a diameter of
100 meter, OWL will combine unrivalled light gathering power with
the ability to resolve details down to a milli-arc second.
- http://www.eso.org/projects/owl/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Owens Valley Radio Observatory
(OVRO)
- http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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PLANCK
(ex-COBRAS/SAMBA)
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Planck is the third Medium-Sized Mission (M3) of ESA's Horizon
2000 Scientific Programme. It is designed to image the anisotropies
of the Cosmic Background Radiation Field over the whole sky,
with unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution. Planck will provide a
major source of information relevant to several cosmological and astrophysical
issues, such as testing theories of the early universe and
the origin of cosmic structure.
Planck was formerly called
COBRAS/SAMBA. After the mission was selected and approved, it was
renamed in honor of the German scientist Max Planck (1858-1947),
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918.
- http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=PLANCK
- Categories: telescope infrared radio space
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POLAR Spacecraft
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Exloring through the Solar Cycle. Instruments: Plasma Waves Investigation (PWI), Magnetic
Fields Experiment (MFE), Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph (TIMAS), Electric Fields Investigation (EFI), Thermal
Ion Dynamics Experiment (TIDE), Ultraviolet Imager (UVI), Visible Imaging System (VIS), Polar Ionospheric
X-Ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE), Charge and Mass Magnetosperic Ion Composition Experiment
(CAMMICE), Comprehensive Energetic-Particle Pitch-Angle Distribution - Source/Loss Cone Energetic Particle Spectrometer
(CEPPAD/SEPS), Hot Plasma Analyzer (HYDRA).
- http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/polar/
- Categories: telescope high_energy optical particles space ultraviolet
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Palomar Observatory
(CalTech)
- http://astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Palomar Testbed Interferometer
(PTI)
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The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is a near-IR, long-baseline stellar interferometer
located at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County.
- http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/pti.html
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System
(Pan-STARRS)
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Pan-STARRS - the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System
- is a wide-field imaging facility being developed at the
University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.
- http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/public/
- Categories: telescope survey
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Perkins Observatory
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Public Observatory located in Deleware, Ohio, USA. Offers public programs
almost every weekend. Owned and operated by the Ohio Wesleyan
University.
- http://www.perkins-observatory.org/
- Categories: telescope education
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Perugia Univ. Astronomical Observatory & Astrophysics Section
(OAUP)
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Osservatorio Astronomico e Gruppo di Astrofisica. The site contains information
on the two astronomical facilities of the Perugia University Astronomical
Observatory: the robotic telescope of the Perugia astronomical station, and
the IRAIT telescope at the Coloti (Montone) astronomical station. This
site contains also information on the local research and collaborations,
expecially in telescope automation, IRAIT Antarctic Infrared Telescope, blazar optical
monitoring, late stages of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, GLAST gamma-ray
NASA satellite and the REM telescope.
- http://astro.fisica.unipg.it/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Pico dos Dias Observatory
(OPD)
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The Observatório do Pico dos Dias (1864 m, LNA) has
three telescopes: 1.6 m, and two 0.6 m.
- http://www.lna.br/opd/opd_e.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Pine Mountain Observatory
(University of Oregon)
- http://pmo-sun.uoregon.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Planet Sciences Association - Astronomy sector
(ex-ANSTJ, France)
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Public access to a 60 cm telescope. [in French]
- http://www.anstj.org/astro/index.html
- Categories: education optical telescope
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Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory (PRAO)
(PRAO)
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Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory of Astro Space Center of P.N.Lebedev Physical
Institute (PRAO ASC LPI).
- http://www.prao.psn.ru/
- Categories: dept radio telescope
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RATAN-600 Radiotelescope
(SAO-Russia)
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The Radio Astronomical Telescope Academy Nauk (science) of Russia is
one of the two big telescopes of the Special Astrophysical
Observatory. The main advantage of the telescope is its multi-frequency
ability (1 - 31 cm wavelength) and its high sensitivity.
[also in Russian]
- http://www.sao.ru/ratan/index.html.en
- Categories: telescope radio
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ROSAT
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Roentgen Satellite (X-ray satellite) operated by the Max-Planck-Institut
für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Garching, Germany.
- http://wave.xray.mpe.mpg.de/rosat/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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ROentgen SATellite
(ROSAT at GSFC. NASA)
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ROSAT, the ROentgen SATellite, is an X-ray observatory developed through
a cooperative program between the Germany, the United States, and
the United Kingdom. The satellite was designed and is operated
by Germany, and was launched by the United States on
June 1, 1990.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosat3.html
- Categories: telescope space high_energy
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RXTE Guest Observer Facility
(GFSC)
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) is a satellite that
observes the fast-moving, high-energy worlds of black holes, neutron stars,
X-ray pulsars and bursts of X-rays that light up the
sky and then disappear forever.
- http://xte.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment
(RICE)
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A prototype ultra-high energy neutrino detector/obervatory located at the South
Pole. RICE consists of an array of radio antennas buried
deep in the ice which detect coherent Cherenkov emission from
electromagnetic cascades produced as a by product of ultra-high energy
neutrino interactions.
- http://kuhep4.phsx.ku.edu/~iceman/
- Categories: telescope high_energy other_astronomy physics
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RadioAstron
(Space VLBI Mission)
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RadioAstron is an international project led by the Astro Space
Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia, that
will put a 10-meter radio telescope into a high elliptical
orbit in order to make VLBI observations in conjunction with
radio telescopes on the ground. It is part of the
Spectrum series of spacecraft, also including Spectrum X-Gamma and Spectrum-UV.
- http://www.asc.rssi.ru/radioastron/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
(RHESSI, ex-HESSI)
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RHESSI's primary mission is to explore the basic physics of
particle acceleration and explosive energy release in solar flares. RHESSI
is a NASA Small Explorer. RHESSI was launched on February
5, 2002.
- http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/
- Categories: telescope high_energy solar space
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Robotic Lunar Observatory
(ROLO)
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The Robotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO) is dedicated to studying one
of the remaining unknowns of the Moon: what is its
precise brightness? ROLO is currently part of the NASA Earth
Observing Spacecraft Mission. The concept of the project is that
the Moon will be observed repeatedly, and data gathered, so
that we can predict the brightness of the Moon to
better than two percent. Then, spacecraft orbiting the Earth can
look at the Moon as part of a calibration sequence
to get an absolute brightness reference.
- http://www.moon-cal.org/
- Categories: misc optical telescope
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Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
(ROTSE)
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ROTSE is an experimental program to search for astrophysical optical
transients on time scales of a fraction of a second
to a few hours. This is an area of astronomical
science that has been relatively unexplored until now. The primary
incentive for this research is to find the optical counterparts
of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Two sets of instruments are now
under construction: ROTSE-I, a 4-fold camera array using telephoto lenses
to cover a 16 degree by 16 degree field of
view and ROTSE-II, a pair of 0.45 meter aperture telescopes
to cover a 2 degree by 2 degree field of
view. The expected sensitivities of these two systems is expected
to be m_v ~ 15 and 18 respectively.
- http://www.umich.edu/~rotse
- Categories: misc high_energy optical telescope
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Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
(RXTE)
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (1995-present) is designed to facilitate
the study of time variability in the emission of X-ray
sources with moderate spectral resolution.
- http://xte.mit.edu/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
(RAO)
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The RAO has a 1.8-m alt-alt mounted telescope equipped with
infrared and optical photometers. The latter inludes a Photometrics 1024x1024
Photometrics CCD camera and the Rapid Alternate Detection System photoelectric
photometer. Other, newly refurbished telescopes are a 0.5-m modified Baker-Nunn
satellite tracking camera, now an equatorially mounted Patrol Camera with
3Kx3K FLI CCD camera, and a 0.4-m English Cross-axis mounted
equatorial telescope with optimized Newtonian focus and FLI 1024x1024 CCD
camera. Open House evemts are held monthly from late Spring
to early Fall. A new Visitors' Centre is expected to
be open in late summer, 2004.
- http://www.ucalgary.ca/~milone/rao.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO)
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The SOHO project is being carried out by the European
Space Agency (ESA) and the US National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) as a cooperative effort between the two agencies
in the framework of the Solar Terrestrial Science Program (STSP).
SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995. The SOHO
spacecraft was built in Europe by an industry team led
by Matra, and instruments were provided by European and American
scientists.
- http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope optical particles solar space ultraviolet
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SOuthern Astrophysical Research telescope Project
(SOAR)
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The SOAR telescope is a Project for a 4.2-meter aperture
telescope funded by a partnership between the USA National Optical
Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), the Country of Brazil, Michigan State University,
and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The
project is fully funded and under construction atop Cerro Pachón
at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) in the Chilean
Andes. The telescope is being designed to support science in
both high quality imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and
near infrared wavelengths. The f/16 Ritchey-Chrétien optical design shall deliver
a 12-arcmin diameter field of view with a tip/tilt stabilized
image through a telescope with 0.18 arcsec image quality. SOAR
should begin science operations in 2004.
- http://www.soartelescope.org/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets
(STARE)
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STARE (STellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets) uses precise time-series
photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent
stars. An important byproduct of STARE will be an unusually
complete survey of variable stars within its selected fields-of-view.
- http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/research/stare/stare.html
- Categories: telescope optical planetary survey
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SUBARU Telescope
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Subaru is an 8.2 m Japan national optical-infrared telescope at
the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, operated by the National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
The site includes astrophotographs from Subaru.
- http://subarutelescope.org/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical pictures
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Santiago de Compostela Univ. - Ramón María Aller Astronomical Observatory
(AO RMA)
- http://www.usc.es/astro/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Schmidt telescope at Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
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The Telescope is located at the "Observatoire de Calern", above
the city of Grasse.
Equipped with a 2K CCD
camera, it is mainly used for the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
program. It is also used for geostationnaary Space Debris detection
and GRB optical counterparts follow ups.
- http://wwwrc.obs-azur.fr/schmidt/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Seoul Radio Astronomy Observatory
(SRAO)
- http://srao.snu.ac.kr/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Small Explorers
(SMEX)
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NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) program provides frequent flight opportunities for
highly focused and relatively inexpensive science missions.
- http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/
- Categories: telescope space
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Soft X-Ray Telescope onboard Yohkoh Satellite, ISAS, Japan
(description at LMSAL, USA)
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Yohkoh (" Sunbeam" in Japanese) is a satellite of the
Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) dedicated to
high-energy observations of the Sun, specifically of flares and other
coronal disturbances
- http://www.lmsal.com/SXT/
- Categories: telescope high_energy solar space
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Solar Extreme-ultraviolet Rocket Telescope and Spectrograph
(SERTS)
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The Solar Extreme-ultraviolet Rocket Telescope and Spectrograph (SERTS) instrument obtains
spatially resolved spectra and spectroheliograms over a wide range of
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths characteristic of temperatures between 5x10^4-3x10^7K, providing
information about the Sun's corona and upper transition region. Wavelength
coverage is 170-450A with spectral resolution near 10000, spatial resolution
as good as 5arcsec, and relative photometric accuracy within +/-
20% over most of its range. This page contains links
to information about the instrument, a solar EUV line list
between 170 and 450 A from the SERTS-89 flight, and
a list of SERTS-related publications. Soon to be added is
information about upcoming launches. Also included are links to other
WWW servers relevant to solar astronomers.
- http://serts.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope solar space ultraviolet
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Solar Group of RATAN-600
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We perform solar radio emission monitoring with RATAN-600 radiotelescope. Observations
are performed with a high spatial, one-dimensional resolution scan near
09:00 UT simultaneously at 30-40 wavelengths in the range from
1.67 cm up to 32 cm with left (LCP) and
right (RCP) circular polarizations.
There are FITS and GIF
data archives available from May 1997. [also in Russian]
- http://www.sao.ru/hq/sun/
- Categories: telescope radio solar
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Solar Observation Station - Carla Sagan Observatory
(EOS/OCS)
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The Astronomy Area of CIF-US (Center for Research on Physics/Universidad
de Sonora, Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico), operates EOS (Estacion de Observacion
Solar) and OCS (Observatorio "Carl Sagan"), the only two solar
observatories in the country with an observational program of active
regions at the continuum, and H-Alpha and Calcium lines, through
a two-heliostat system and a 15 cm refractor telescope. Live
broadcast of solar observations through ASTRO-USON WebTV with the new
14 cm Maksutov-H-Alpha telescope. [also in Spanish]
- http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/eosdata.htm
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory
(STEREO)
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Solar ejections are the most powerful drivers of the Sun-Earth
connection. STEREO will: - Provide revolutionary views of the Sun-Earth
system. - Trace the flow of energy and matter from
the Sun to the Earth. - Reveal the true 3D
structure of coronal mass ejections and determine why they happen.
- Provide unique alerts for Earth-directed solar ejections. - Two
Sun-pointed observatories with identical instrument complements. - Heliocentric orbit drifting
away from the Earth, one leading and one lagging. The
STEREO observatories are scheduled to be launched in November 2005.
- http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/stereo/stereo.htm
- Categories: telescope particles radio space
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Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment
(STACEE)
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STACEE is a new experiment for detecting gamma-rays with energies
from 20 to 300 GeV, corresponding to the last unopened
window in the electromagnetic spectrum. STACEE will use a the
heliostats available at a large solar power facility to collect
Cherenkov light that results from gamma-ray air showers. STACEE is
currently under development and should be operational sometime in 1997
or 1998.
- http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~stacee/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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South African Astronomical Observatory
(SAAO)
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The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is the National Facility
for optical/infrared astronomy in South Africa. Its prime function is
to further fundamental research in astronomy and astrophysics at a
national and international level through the provision and use of
a world-class astronomical facility.
- http://www.saao.ac.za/
- Categories: telescope dept infrared optical
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Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy
(SARA)
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The SARA telescope consortium operates the 0.9 meter SARA optical
telescope on Kitt Peak.
- http://astro.fit.edu/sara/sara.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Southern African Large Telescope Project
(SALT)
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SALT, a 9-m class southern hemisphere twin of the Hobby-Eberly
Telescope (HET) in Texas, to be built at the Sutherland
observing station of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
- http://www.salt.ac.za/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical ultraviolet
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Southern Columbia Millimeter Telescope
(1.2 Meter)
- http://www.ctio.noao.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Space Interferometry Mission
(SIM)
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SIM will be NASA's first space interferometer designed specifically for
measuring the position of stars. SIM will utilize multiple telescopes
placed along a 10-meter (33-foot) structure.
- http://sim.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope optical space
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Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Science - Schedules
(SAO RAS)
- http://www.sao.ru/Doc-en/Telescopes/
- Categories: telescope optical radio schedule
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Spectrum-X-Gamma Coordination facility
(SXG. University of Harvard)
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Spectrum-X-Gamma (SXG) is an international high-energy astrophysics observatory which is
being built under the leadership of the Russian Space Research
Institute (IKI). The US SXG CF supports the US astronomical
community in obtaining information about SXG, proposing for and making
SXG observations, and performing archival research using the SXG archive
- http://hea-www.harvard.edu/SXG/sxg.shtml
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Spitzer Space Telescope
(ex-SIRTF)
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The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as Space InfraRed Telescope
Facility (SIRTF) is the fourth and final element in NASA's
family of "Great Observatories". It consists of a 0.85-meter telescope
and three cryogenically-cooled science instruments capable of performing imaging and
spectroscopy in the 3 - 180 micron wavelength range. Incorporating
the latest in large-format infrared detector arrays, Spitzer offers orders-of-magnitude
improvements in capability over existing programs. While Spitzer's mission lifetime
requirement remains 2.5 years, recent programmatic and engineering developments have
brought a 5-year cryogenic mission within reach. Spitzer represents an
important scientific and technical bridge to NASA's new Origins program.
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
- Categories: telescope center education infrared space
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Square Kilometer Array - Interferometer radio telescope project
(SKA)
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This site provides information about the world-wide efforts to develop
the next generation of radio telescope.
- http://www.astron.nl/ska/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Square Kilometre Array
(SKA - Australian contribution)
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A web resource covering SKA scientific and engineering developments. Contains
access to reports, meetings announcements, discussions of SKA issues, links
to SKA related research.
- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/SKA/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Stardial:an autonomous astronomical camera on the World Wide Web
(Stardial)
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Stardial delivers images of the night sky nearly in real-time
to the world wide web. It is used primarily for
educational purposes. Its archive consists of images taken at 15
minute (sidereal) intervals since July 1996. The survey covers from
0 to -8 degrees declination to 12th magnitude. Highlights and
possible classroom assignments are described.
- http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/stardial/
- Categories: education survey telescope
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Stardust
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A space mission that will fly close to a comet
and, for the first time ever, bring cometary material back
to Earth
- http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope optical radio space
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Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory
(SFASU)
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Facilities, research, and personnel of the SFASU Observatory.
- http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/Observatory/obs.htm
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Stereo Photographs of Telescopes and Observatories
(Stereo Telescope Photos)
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Aligned Color Stereo Photographs of several telescopes and observatories, including
Apache Point, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Mt Hopkins, Kitt Peak,
Yerkes, and the huge array of detectors at the Pierre
Auger Observatory. Placed for public use by the Cosmus Group.
- http://astro.uchicago.edu/cosmus/projects.html#stereopix
- Categories: pictures education telescope
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Steward Observatory
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The Steward Observatory Home Page provides information on the academic
and research activities of the University of Arizona Department of
Astronomy as well as information on the facilities of Steward
Observatory.
- http://www.as.arizona.edu/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA)
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The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be a
2.5 meter, optical/infrared/sub-millimeter telescope mounted in a Boeing 747, to
be used for many basic astronomical observations performed at stratospheric
altitudes. The Facility will accommodate installation of different focal plane
instruments, with in-flight accessibility, provided by investigators selected from the
international science community. The Facility objective is to have an
operational lifetime in excess of 20 years.
- http://www.sofia.usra.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Submillimeter Array
(SMA)
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The Submillimeter Array (SMA), now under construction near the summit
of Mauna Kea, was conceived as an
exploratory instrument for high angular resolution observations at submillimeter wavelengths
(1.3 to 0.3 mm).
- http://sma-www.harvard.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Submillimeter Polarimeter for Antarctic Remote Observing
(SPARO)
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Mapping Interstellar Magnetic Fields from the South Pole.
- http://lennon.astro.northwestern.edu/Home/welcome.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Submillimeter Receiver Laboratory
(SAO)
- http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/srlab/
- Categories: misc physics radio telescope
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Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer
Array for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
(SCUBA)
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SCUBA is a bolometer camera for the James Clerk Maxwell
Telescope operating at submillimetre and millimetre wavelengths.
- http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/continuum/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
(SNO at Queen's University)
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SNO is an astronomical neutrino observatory that is being built
below ground in the deepest section of INCO Limited's Creighton
Mine near Sudbury, Ontario. SNO is an international collaboration of
scientists from Canada, USA and UK. Information services are available
at
- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
(SuperDARN)
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An International Radar Network for Studying the Earth's Upper Atmosphere,
Ionosphere, and Connection into Space.
- http://superdarn.jhuapl.edu/index.html
- Categories: telescope earth
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Super-Kamiokande
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Super-Kamiokande is a joint Japan-US collaboration to construct the world's
largest underground neutrino observatory.
- http://www.phys.washington.edu/~superk/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Supernova / Acceleration Probe
(SNAP)
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The Supernova / Acceleration Probe (SNAP) Mission is expected to
provide an understanding of the mechanism driving the acceleration of
the universe. The satellite observatory is capable of measuring up
to 2,000 distant supernovae each year of the three-year mission
lifetime.
- http://snap.lbl.gov/
- Categories: survey optical space telescope
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Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope
(NSST)
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1m solar vacuum telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
operated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Swedish-ESO SUbmillimetre Telescope
(SEST)
- http://www.LS.eso.org/lasilla/Telescopes/SEST/SEST.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission
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Swift is a three-telescope space observatory (gamma-ray telescope, X-ray telescope,
and ultraviolet/optical telescope) for studying gamma ray bursts. Scheduled launch:
October 7, 2004.
- http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope high_energy optical space ultraviolet
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Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey
(SUMSS)
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SUMSS is a deep radio survey of the entire sky
south of declination -30 degrees, made using the Molonglo Observatory
Synthesis Telescope, operating at 843MHz and recording right-circular polarization.
SUMSS matches (approximately) the resolution and depth of the NRAO-VLA
Sky Survey (NVSS). The principal data products are mosaics which
cover a 4x4 degree square on the sky. The centres
of the mosaics mirror the NVSS centres in the north.
The resolution is 45" x 45"/sin(dec), and the rms noise
limit varies from 1.3 to 2mJy/beam (lower toward the south
celestial pole).
The survey began in March 1997 and
will take eight years to complete. SUMSS is suported by
funding from the Australian Research Council.
The primary reference
for a description of the survey is: Bock, D.,
Large, M. and Sadler, E.
- http://www.astrop.physics.usyd.edu.au/SUMSS/
- Categories: survey radio telescope
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THEMIS - Heliographic Telescope for the Study of the Magnetism and Instabilities on the Sun
(THEMIS)
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THEMIS (Télescope Héliographique pour l'Etude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités
Solaires) is a new generation Franco-Italian solar telescope built by
INSU/CNRS (France) and CNR (Italy). The main
scientific goal for which it has been designed is the
accurate determination of the vector magnetic field.
- http://www.themis.iac.es/
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory
(TRAO)
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Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO) is part of the Korea
Astronomy Observatory, which is operated under a cooperative agreement with
the Ministry of Science and Technology.
- http://www.trao.re.kr/trao/index_en.html
- Categories: telescope radio
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Tartu Observatory
- http://www.aai.ee/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Teide Observatory
(OT)
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Observatorio del Teide: solar telescopes and laboratories; nocturnal telescopes; cosmic
microwave background.
- http://www.iac.es/ot/indice.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical radio solar
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Telescope Array Project
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A project of ground-based detector for Astrophysics.
- http://www-ta.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
- Categories: telescope high_energy
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Telescopio Nazionale Galileo - Italian National Telescope Galileo
(TNG, La Palma)
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The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo is the national facility of the
Italian astronomical community, set in the Canary island of La
Palma (Spain). The Astronomical Observatory of Padova had the
responsibility of its construction through the TNG Project Office.
- http://www.tng.iac.es/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Tennessee State University 2-m Automatic Spectroscopic Telescope Project
(2-m AST)
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This site details development of an 80-inch automatic telescope that
Tennessee State University is developing for high-dispersion spectroscopy. It includes
engineering reports and extensive pictures of the instrument.
- http://astro.tsuniv.edu/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Terrestrial Planet Finder (Origins of Stars, Planets... and Life)
(TPF)
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The Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) is a key element of
NASA Origins Program. It will study all aspects of planets:
from their formation and development in disks of dust and
gas around newly forming stars to the presence and features
of those planets orbiting the nearest stars; from the numbers
at various sizes, and places to their suitability as an
abode for life. By combining the high sensitivity of space
telescopes with the sharply detailed pictures from an interferometer, TPF
will be able to reduce the glare of parent stars
by a factor of more than one hundred-thousand to see
planetary systems as far away as 50 light years.
- http://tpf.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical planetary space
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The European Incoherent SCATter Scientific Association
(EISCAT)
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The EISCAT Scientific Association is an international research organisation operating
three incoherent scatter radar systems, at UHF (931 MHz), VHF
(224 MHz) and 500 MHz, in Northern Scandinavia. It is
funded and operated by the research councils of Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
- http://www.eiscat.com/
- Categories: telescope earth solar
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The Wilderness Center Astronomy Club
(WCAC)
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Astronomy club in Canton, Ohio area. New observatory with refurbished
16" Ealing Cassegrain telescope. Planetarium and Educational programs.
- http://www.twcac.org/
- Categories: society education telescope
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Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
(TLS)
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The observatory is running a 2m telescope which can be
used in three different optical configurations: Schmidt telescope Cassegrain telescope
Coude telescope
- http://www.tls-tautenburg.de/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory
(TRAO)
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Torun Radio Astronomy Observatory (TRAO), now part of Torun Centre
for Astronomy is an educational and research facility of the
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Astronomy and Physics, Torun, Poland.
The Observatory main instrument is 32m modern design radio telescope
usable up to 50 GHz. Presently equipped with cooled receivers
for L and C bands is used extensively for VLBI,
pulsar timing and spectroscopy. Since April 1998 Torun is the
full member of the EVN.
- http://www.astro.uni.torun.pl/
- Categories: dept radio telescope
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Transition Region And Coronal Explorer
(TRACE)
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TRACE will enable solar physicists to study the connections between
fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the
Sun in a quantitative way by observing the photosphere, transition
region, and corona.
- http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE/
- Categories: telescope optical solar ultraviolet
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UK Infra-Red Telescope
(UKIRT)
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UKIRT is the world's largest telescope dedicated solely to infrared
astronomy. It is sited in Hawaii near the summit of
Mauna Kea at an altitude of 4194m above sea level.
It is owned by the United Kingdom Particle Physics and
Astronomy Research Council and operated, along with the James Clerk
Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), by the staff of the Joint Astronomy
Centre, which is located in Hilo. The operation and development
of UKIRT are overseen by the UKIRT Board.
- http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT
- Categories: telescope infrared
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UK Schmidt Telescope - Anglo-Australian Observatory
(UKST / AAO)
- http://www.aao.gov.au/ukst/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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UK Schmidt Telescope - Wide Field Astronomy Unit
(UKST)
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The initial task of the UKST was to construct a
photographic survey of the entire southern sky. The telescope still
takes some 700 plates a year - about half for
current surveys and the remainder taken at the request of
research astronomers around the world. To date the UKST has
taken over 17,000 plates, the plates are stored in the
Plate Library at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) and represent
a huge source of data for the astronomical community. Some
300 active research programmes make use of UKST plate material.
Many plates are copied in the ROE Photolabs and sold
as Sky Atlases or Teaching Packages. In addition to its
photographic role the UKST also has a multi-object fibre spectroscopy
system known as FLAIR.
- http://www.roe.ac.uk/ifa/wfau/ukstu/ukst.html
- Categories: telescope center education other_library survey
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USA National Solar Observatory / Sacramento Peak, Sunspot, NM
(NSO/SP)
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Anonymous ftp.
- http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical solar
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Udaipur Solar Observatory
(USO)
- http://www.prl.ernet.in/~uso/
- Categories: telescope optical solar
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Uhuru Satellite
(GSFC. NASA)
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Uhuru was the first earth-orbiting mission dedicated entirely to celestial
X-ray astronomy. It was launched on 12 December 1970 into
an orbit of about 560 km apogee, 520 km perigee,
3 degrees inclination, with a period of 96 minutes. The
mission ended in March 1973.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.goV/docs/uhuru/uhuru.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
(UIT - Archives at STScI MAST)
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The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) was one of three ultraviolet
telescopes on the ASTRO-1 mission flown on the space shuttle
Columbia during 2-10 December 1990. The same three instruments were
later flown on the space shuttle Endeavour from 3-17 March
1995, as part of the ASTRO-2 mission. Exposures were obtained
on 70-mm photographic film in the 1200-3300 Å range using
broadband filters and later digitized using a Perkin-Elmer microdensitometer. Image
resolution was 3" over a 40' field of view. Overall,
UIT-1 obtained 821 exposures of 66 targets, and UIT-2 obtained
758 images of 193 targets.
- http://archive.stsci.edu/uit/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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Ulysses Mission
(ESA and NASA)
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The Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary
space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is a joint endeavor
of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. Instruments include: Magnetometer
(VHM/FGM), Solar Wind Plasma Experiment (SWOOPS), Solar Wind Ion Composition
Instrument (SWICS), Unified Radio and Plasma Wave Instrument (URAP), Energetic
Particle Instrument (EPAC), Low-Energy Ion and Electron Experiment (HISCALE), Cosmic
Ray and Solar Particle Instrument (COSPIN), Solar X-ray and Cosmic
Gamma-Ray Burst Instrument (GRB).
- http://helio.esa.int/ulysses/
- Categories: telescope high_energy particles radio solar space
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University of California Observatories - Lick Observatory (WWW)
(UCO/Lick)
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Lick Observatory Anonymous ftp
- http://www.ucolick.org/
- Categories: telescope dept optical
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University of California, Irvine, Observatory
(UCI Observatory)
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The University of California, Irvine, Observatory is located on campus.
It consists of a computer-controlled telescope with a 24-inch primary
mirror and numerous other portable telescopes. The instruments on the
primary telescope include CCD cameras and a spectrograph. The Observatory
is used primarily for undergraduate astronomy classes. In addition, Visitor
Nights open to the general public are held quarterly, and
special tours for community groups can be arranged.
- http://www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/
- Categories: telescope education
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University of Hawaii IfA: 2.2m Telescope
- http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/88inch/88inch.html
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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University of Louisville - Moore Observatory
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Moore Observatory is located in the Horner Wildlife Sanctuary near
Louisville, KY. A computer-controlled 0.5 meter telescope, fiber optically coupled
spectrograph, and wide field spectral imaging camera are used there
to investigate physical processes in comets and low surface brightness
emission nebulae. This resource describes the observatory and its environs,
and provides a link to astrophysics research at the University
of Louisville.
- http://www.astro.louisville.edu/
- Categories: dept education physics telescope
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University of Toronto Southern Observatory
(UTSO)
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UTSO operates the 60cm Helen Sawyer Hogg Telescope located on
Cerro Las Campanas in north-central Chile. This homepage provides information
useful to potential users and others interested in our facility.
- http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~utso/
- Categories: telescope optical
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VIsible and IR MultiObject Spectrographs
(VIRMOS)
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The VIRMOS project aims to deliver 2 spectrographs for the
ESO- VLT . VIMOS is a visible imaging spectrograph with
outstanding multiplex capabilities, allowing to take spectra of more than
800 objects simultaneously (10 arcsec slits), or spectroscopy of all
objects in a 1x1 arcmin2 area. NIRMOS is a near-infrared
imaging spectrograph with a multiplex of 180 (10 arcsec slits),
and allows spectroscopy of all objects in a 30x30 arcsec2
area. Together VIMOS and NIRMOS allow to get spectroscopy from
0.37 to 1.8 microns, with unsurpassed efficiency for large surveys.
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/vimos/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical survey
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VLBI Space Observatory Programme
(VSOP)
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The VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Programme) mission is led by
the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, in collaboration with
the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. The first VSOP satellite
was successfully launched 12 February 1997 on the new ISAS
M-V rocket from the Kagoshima Space Center. The satellite, renamed
HALCA after its successful launch, sucessfully deployed an 8 meter
diameter radio telescope in orbit on 27 & 28 February
1997. HALCA is in an elliptical Earth orbit, with an
apogee height of 21,000km and a perigee height of 560km,
which enables VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) observations on baselines
up to three times longer than those acheivable on Earth.
- http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/
- Categories: telescope radio
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VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid Infra Red
(VISIR, ESO VLT)
- http://www.eso.org/instruments/visir/
- Categories: telescope infrared
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VLT Survey Telescope
(VST)
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The VST project is a cooperation between the European Southern
Observatory (ESO) and the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory (OAC) for the
study, design and construction of a wide field alt-az telescope
of 2.6 m aperture, specialized for high quality astronomical imaging
to be installed and operated on Cerro Paranal, next to
ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).
- http://oacosf.na.astro.it/vst/
- Categories: telescope optical survey
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Vainu Bappu Observatory
(Kavalur)
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The Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO) is the main optical observatory
of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), and is located
in the picturesque neighbourhood of the village of Kavalur in
the state of Tamil Nadu.
- http://www.iiap.res.in/vbo/vbo.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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Venezuela Centre for Researches in Astronomy
(CIDA)
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The Centro de Investigaciones De Astronomia (CIDA, Merida, Venezuela) hosts
the biggest telescopes of the earth equatorial belt: schmidt, reflector,
refractor, astrograph. [in Spanish]
- http://www.cida.ve/
- Categories: dept optical telescope
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Ventspils International Radioastronomy Center
(VIRAC)
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The Ventspils 32-m antenna is the largest in the Baltics.
At VIRAC, observations of solar and cosmic radio sources are
carried out, as well as work in geophysics. VLBI experiments
have been made, and a current goal is to join
the European VLBI network.
- http://www.virac.lv
- Categories: telescope radio
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Very Large Array
(VLA)
- http://www.vla.nrao.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Very Large Telescope Interferometer
(VLTI, ESO)
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The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) consists in the coherent
combination of the four VLT Unit Telescopes and of several
moveable 1.8m Auxiliary Telescopes. Once fully operational, the VLTI will
provide both a high sensitivity as well as milli-arcsec angular
resolution provided by baselines of up to 200m length.
- http://www.eso.org/projects/vlti/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Very Long Baseline Array
(VLBA)
- http://www.vlba.nrao.edu/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Very Small Array
(VSA)
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The Very Small Array is an interferometer array designed to
make images of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on
angular scales around one degree. The VSA consists of an
array of 14 small antennas, working at a frequency in
the range 26-36 GHz, and will be sited at the
Teide Observatory in Tenerife.
- http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/vsa/
- Categories: telescope radio
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Virgo Interferometer
(VIRGO)
- http://www.virgo.infn.it
- Categories: telescope
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
(VISTA)
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VISTA is the Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy: a
4-m Wide Field Survey telescope for the Southern Hemisphere, being
built at Cerro Paranal, close to ESO VLT, by a
consortium of 18 UK universities.
- http://www.vista.ac.uk/
- Categories: survey infrared optical telescope
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Vulcan Camera Project
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The Vulcan Camera Project, sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center,
is designed to detect transits of large extrasolar planets using
differential photometry.
Vulcan uses a 15cm aperture refactor at
Lick Observatory to image a wide field in which ~6000
stars are monitored for two months, in a search for
the ~1% transit signal expect from a 51 Pegasi-type planet.
Vulcan is a ground-based test-bed for the proposed Kepler
Mission to detect Earth-sized exoplanets.
- http://web99.arc.nasa.gov/~vulcan/
- Categories: survey optical planetary telescope
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WAVES : The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the WIND Spacecraft
(waves)
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WAVES radio astronomy instrument on the ISTP-Wind spacecraft.
- http://www-lep.gsfc.nasa.gov/waves/waves.html
- Categories: telescope physics radio space
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WIND spacecraft
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WIND was launched on November 1, 1994 and is the
first of two NASA spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science
(GGS) initiative (the second spacecraft being POLAR). WIND is also
part of the International Solar Terrestrial Physics Project (ISTP), it
was specially designed to make coordinated observations with the other
ISTP spacecraft (Geotail, Interball, Equator-S, Cluster,...). WIND's full capacity duration
was of three years, but it has been extended: WIND orbits until 2006.
The science objectives of the
WIND mission are: provide complete plasma, energetic particle, and magnetic
field input for magnetospheric and ionospheric studies; determine the magnetospheric
output to interplanetary space in the up-stream region; investigate basic
plasma processes occurring in the near-Earth solar wind; provide baseline
ecliptic plane observations to be used in heliospheric latitudes from
ULYSSES.
- http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/wind/
- Categories: telescope particles radio space
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WIYN, from Indiana University
- http://www.astro.indiana.edu/facilities/observatories/wiyn/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
(WSRT - ASTRON)
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The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope is a linear 3 kilometer
array located near the village of Westerbork in the North-East
of the Netherlands. The WSRT consists of fourteen 25m dishes
along a perfect east-west line. By combining these fourteen elements
one can synthesize a radio telescope with a diameter of
3 kilometers.
- http://www.astron.nl/p/observing.htm
- Categories: telescope radio
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Whole Earth Blazar Telescope
(WEBT)
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The WEB Telescope (WEBT) is a network of optical observers
who in concert have the capability to obtain continuous, high-temporal-density,
optical monitoring of blazars.
- http://www.to.astro.it/blazars/webt/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Whole Earth Telescope
(WET, site of University of Texas at Austin)
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The Whole Earth Telescope (WET) is a collaboration of astronomers
who observe variable stars (white dwarfs and Delta Scuti stars)
and cataclysmic variables Typically twice a year, we coordinate a
global time-series photometry campaign at ~10 observatories worldwide such that
our target objects are visible from the night side of
the planet 24 hours a day
- http://bullwinkle.as.utexas.edu/
- Categories: telescope survey
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Whole Earth Telescope
(WET)
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In 1986, astronomers from the University of Texas established a
world--wide network of cooperating astronomical observatories to obtain uninterrupted time--series
measurements of variable stars. The technological goal was to resolve
the multi-periodic oscillations observed in these objects into their individual
components; the scientific goal was to construct accurate theoretical models
of the target objects, constrained by their observed behavior, from
which their fundamental astrophysical parameters could be derived. This approach
has been extremely successful, and has placed the fledgling science
of stellar seismology at the forefront of stellar astrophysics.
- http://wet.physics.iastate.edu/
- Categories: telescope infrared optical
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Wide Field CAMera for UKIRT
(WFCAM)
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WFCAM is an IR wide field camera for the UK
Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea. WFCAM will be operational as
an IR imaging survey instrument in late 2002. The camera
has been designed to maximize survey speed at J, H
and K while retaining excellent image quality.
- http://www.roe.ac.uk/atc/projects/wfcam/
- Categories: survey infrared telescope
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Wide Field Infrared Explorer
(WIRE)
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This is the website for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Explorer
(WIRE). The primary purpose of WIRE was a four month
infrared survey of the universe, focusing specifically on starburst galaxies
and luminous protogalaxies.
On 29 Mar 1999, the WIRE
mission has been declared a loss.
- http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/wire/
- Categories: telescope infrared space
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Wilcox Solar Observatory
(WSO)
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The Wilcox Solar Observatory began daily observations of the Sun's
global magnetic field in May 1975, with the goal of
understanding changes in the Sun and how those changes affect
the Earth; this is now called space weather. Now low-resolution
maps are also made of the Sun's magnetic field each
day, as are observations of solar surface motions. The observatory
is located in the foothills just west of the Stanford
University campus.
- http://quake.stanford.edu/~wso/wso.html
- Categories: telescope solar
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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
(WMAP)
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The WMAP mission is designed to determine the geometry, content,
and evolution of the universe via a 13 arcminute FWHM
resolution full sky map of the temperature anisotropy of the
cosmic microwave background radiation. The choice of orbit, sky-scanning strategy
and instrument/spacecraft design were driven by the goals of uncorrelated
pixel noise, minimal systematic errors, multifrequency observations, and accurate calibration.
The skymap data products derived from the WMAP observations have
45 times the sensitivity and 33 time the angular resolution
of the COBE DMR mission.
- http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/
- Categories: telescope radio space
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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
(WMAP)
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NASA has selected WMAP as one of the next MIDEX
missions. It will map the microwave background fluctuations over the
whole sky and provide insights into the formation of galaxies
and the basic parameters of cosmology.
- http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Categories: telescope education radio space
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Winer Observatory
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Robotic observatory for small telescopes located in southeastern Arizona hosting
telescopes from other institutions for a fee. See our Web
site for details. Our own scientific interests are NEO's and
minor planet astrometry and photometry.
- http://www.winer.org/
- Categories: telescope
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Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
(WUPPE)
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The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was a pioneering effort
to explore polarization and photometry in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum.
It was the first and most comprehensive effort to exploit
the unique powers of polarimetry at wavelengths not visible on
Earth. The instrument was designed and built at the University
of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory in the 1980's. WUPPE flew
on two NASA Space Shuttle missions: ASTRO-1 and ASTRO-2.
- http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE/
- Categories: telescope space ultraviolet
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Wolfgang-Amadeus, The University of Vienna Twin Automatic Photoelectric Telescope
(APT)
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We operate two robotic 75-cm telescopes for photoelectric photometry at
Fairborn Observatory in the Sonoran desert near Tucson, Arizona. Not
only are the telescopes automatic, but the observatory itself is
automatic. A site-control computer monitors weather sensors, operates the observatory
roof, and provides a nightly report to the observatory staff,
who are located in Vienna, Austria.
- http://www.aip.de/groups/activity/APT/
- Categories: telescope optical
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Wyoming Infrared Observatory
(WIRO)
- http://physics.uwyo.edu/~amonson/wiro/wiro.html
- Categories: telescope optical
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X-Ray Timing Explorer
(XTE. GSFC.NASA)
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer is a Goddard mission which
was launched on December 30th, 1995. RXTE is designed to
facilitate the study of time variability in the emission of
X-ray sources with moderate spectral resolution. Time scales from microseconds
to months are covered in an instantaneous spectral range from
2 to 250 keV. It is designed for a required
lifetime of two years, with a goal of five years.
- http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/XTE.html
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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XMM-Newton
(ESA)
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The European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite is the most
powerful X-ray telescope ever placed in orbit. It has an
unprecedented sensitivity and the mission will help solve many cosmic
mysteries, ranging from enigmatic black holes to the formation of
galaxies.
- http://www.esa.int/science/xmmnewton
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre
(XMM, ESA)
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ESA s X-ray Multi Mirror mission XMM-Newtion is the second
Cornerstone in ESA's Long Term Scientific Programme. With a large
collecting area of its mirrors and the high sensitivity of
its cameras, XMM-Newton is expected to increase radically our understanding
of high-energy sources - clues to a mysterious past, and
keys to understanding the future of the Universe.
- http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/
- Categories: telescope high_energy space
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Yerkes Observatory
(University of Chicago)
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Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin hosts the 40" refractor,
a 41" reflector, a 24" Boller & Chivens reflector, a
10" educational telescope, and support facilities. The 41" telescope is
used for research including adaptive optics studies.
- http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/
- Categories: dept education library optical telescope