Last Update:  6-22-2008

Observatories
Bill Arnet's List of Amateur Observatories   SEDS
Dark Ridge Observatory  Tom Smith   Cloudcroft, New Mexico
FreeSpace Roll-Off Roof Observatory   Eddie Trimarchi
Garden Shed Roll-Off Roof Observatory   Don Dillinger
Highe's Roll-Off Roof Observatory   Albert Highe
Hill Roll-Off Roof Observatory    Chuck Faranda
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network   Wayne Rosing
Lee's Roll-Off Roof Observatory   Steven Lee
Perry's Domed Observatory  Tom Perry
Suding's Tree-Top Observatory  Robert Suding
Suding's Roll-Off Roof Observatory  Robert Suding
 

Dealers
Astro Domes
Astro Haven
Boyd Home Observatories   commercial observatories for sale
Home-Dome and Pro-Dome Observatories
Sirius Observatories
Sky Tent

Yahoo! Observatories
About: Observatories
Antique Telescope Society: Links to Historical Telescopes & Observatories
Astronomy Picture of the Day: Earth Observatories
AstroPlace: Observatories of the World 
Google: Observatories
NASA Space Link:  Space Observatories 
Orbiting Observatories 
SEDS: World's Largest Optical Telescopes 
SEDS: Orbiting Telescopes   
Space.com:  Observatories, Planetaria, Museums
Universe Today - Observatories
Webcrawler:  Planetaria & Museums (and Observatories)

Antique Telescope Society
Carnegie Observatories
European Southern Observatory 
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 
U.S. Naval Observatory   Washington D.C.

2MASS  Univ. of Massachusetts       scopes at Mt. Hopkins, AZ and Cerro Tololo, Chili
2MASS at IPAC   NASA Infrared Processing & Analysis Center
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope    Haleakala, Hawaii 
Anglo-Australian Observatory   Siding Spring, Australia
Apache Point Observatory   Sunspot, New Mexico      Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Big Bear Solar Observatory    Big Bear Lake, California
Bok Telescope   Steward Observatory  on Kitt Peak    University of Arizona
Bradford Robotic Telescope Observatory University of Bradford, United Kingdom  
California Extremely Large Telescope   Caltech
Carnegie Observatories
Cerro Pachon Observatory    NOAO   see Gemini Observatory (South)  
Cerro Paranal Observatory    ESO Very Large Telescope   Atacama Desert, Chile  (also see Paranal Observatory below)
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory   NOAO    80 km East of La Serena, Chile
Crosby Ramsey Memorial Observatory  Baltimore, Maryland   Maryland Science Center
Discovery Channel Telescope:   Lowell Observatory DCT Website / DCT Factsheet  
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory   British Columbia, Canada
European Southern Observatory    Chile
Gemini Observatory  NOAO     Technical Website    Gemini Photo Gallery 
     Gemini North at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
     Gemini South at Cerro Pachon, Chile
Giant Magellan Telescope     Las Campanas, Chile
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope   NOAO  
Global Telescope Network  network of scopes & CCD cameras for Internet photos
Gov Aker Observatory   at Discovery Park, Safford, Arizona
Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, California
Hobby-Eberly Telescope   Mount Fowlkes, Texas       Pennsylvania State University
Hubble Space Telescope    see separate section below
Isaac Newton Telescope   Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope   Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
James Webb Space Telescope    previously called the Next Generation Space Telescope
Keck Observatory    Mauna Kea, Hawaii     (also see Mauna Kea Observatories below)
Keck Interferometer
Kepler Space Telescope  
Kitt Peak National Observatory   Tucson, Arizona
Kitt Peak National Observatory Virtual Tour
Kitt Peak National Observatory Photojournal Archive
Kuiper 61 inch Telescope    Steward Observatory    on Mt. Bigelow    University of Arizona
L&F Industries  manufacturer of the Magellan I & II telescopes for Chile
La Silla Observatory   ESO    Atacama Desert in Chile
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory    Mt. Graham International Observatory, Arizona
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope  
Las Campanas Observatory   Chile   Magellan I & II telescopes
Lick Observatory   Mt. Hamilton, California   20 miles from San Jose
Lowell Observatory   Flagstaff, Arizona
Magellan Project   two 6.5 m telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory (see above)
Mauna Kea Observatories   Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory   Hawaii
McDonald Observatory   University of Texas
Mees Solar Observatory  Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii
MMT (Multi Mirror Telescope) Observatory   Mount Hopkins, Arizona
Mount Diablo Observatory    Walnut Creek, California
Mount Hopkins Multiple Mirror Telescope    University of Arizona
Mount Palomar Observatory   3-hours southeast of Los Angeles
Mount Wilson Observatory  Pasadena, California
Mount Wilson Observatory: 100 in. Hooker Telescope  Pasadena, California
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
National Solar Observatory   Kitt Peak, Arizona 
OverWhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL)   ESO
Pan-STARRS  Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System   Hawaii
Paranal Observatory   ESO   Atacama Desert in Chile
Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory   Isla de La Palma, Spain, Canary Islands
Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory   Isla de La Palma, Spain, Canary Islands
Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory   Isla de La Palma, Spain, Canary Islands
Royal Observatory   Edinburgh, Scotland
Royal Observatory Greenwich   Greenwich, England
Southern African Large Telescope  
Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope  (SOAR)  NOAO   at Cerro Pachon Observatory, Chile
Spacewatch 1.8-m Telescope    Steward Observatory    on Kitt Peak   University of Arizona
Spacewatch 0.9-m Telescope    Steward Observatory    on Kitt Peak   University of Arizona
Steward Observatory   University of Arizona
Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory   University of Arizona    beneath the football stadium
Subaru Telescope  on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, operated by Japan   Subaru Photo Gallery
U.S. Naval Observatory   Washington D.C.
Vatican Observatory  (Lennon Telescope)  Steward Observatory  Mt. Graham   Univ. of Arizona  
Very Large Telescope (VLT)   ESO 
Warren Rupp Observatory  Mansfield, Ohio   one of the largest amateur scopes
William Herschel Telescope  at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
Yerkes Observatory   Chicago, IL

See below for Hubble Space Telescope

ARGO-YBJ Cosmic Ray Observatory   Tibet
Chandra X-Ray Observatory    in orbit around the Earth
CHARA Array   on Mt. Wilson, California
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory    Science Center
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)   NASA   GSFC   Stanford
Herschel Space Observatory   launch in 2007
High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS)   study of gamma rays
Infrared Space Observatory    European Space Agency
James Webb Space Telescope   to replace Hubble in 2011
Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer
MAGIC Gamma-Ray Observatory    17m, world's largest gamma-ray observatory    La Palma, Canary Islands
MOST - Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars    Canada's first space telescope
SOFIA  Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy   USRA     NASA Ames
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)
Spitzer Space Telescope  previously the Space Infrared Telescope Facility  
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope      Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) 
XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory

Also see Radio Astronomy

Allen Telescope Array  at the Hat Creek Observatory in northern California
Arecibo Observatory   Puerto Rico
Arecibo Observatory Photo Tour & Gallery
Arecibo: Deep Dish Telescope   Space.com
Atacama Large Millimeter Array  and  ESO ALMA Project Website    NRAO  ESO   Atacama Desert, Chile
Australia:
       Australia Telescope National Facility    radio telescopes
            Australia Telescope Compact Array  
            Long Baseline Array
            Mopra Observatory  
            Parkes Observatory
       Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex  
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex   Australia
Deep Space Network  NASA/JPL radio telescope network for spacecraft tracking
     DSN: 70-Meter Antenna   Goldstone, California
     DSN: Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex   Australia
Goldstone Radio Telescope Tracking Station  part of the Deep Space Network
Green Bank Radio Telescope  NRAO   West Virginia
Jodrell Bank Observatory   radio telescope in Manchester, England
Large Millimeter Telescope   Sierra Negra, Mexico
Long Baseline Array   Australia
Low Frequency Array (LOFAR)   Netherlands
Mopra Observatory    Australia
Mount Graham International Observatory   University of Arizona     Safford, Arizona
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Sites & Telescopes
Owens Valley Radio Observatory   south of Bishop, Calif.    operated by Caltech
Parkes Observatory   Australia
Square Kilometre Array
Submillimeter Telescope Observatory   Mount Graham   University of Arizona
Very Large Array  NRAO
Very Long Baseline Array   located in California, Washington, Iowa, New Hampshire, Arizona,
    New Mexico, Texas, Virgin Islands and Hawaii

Gemini Observatory Photo Gallery
NOAO Gallery of Telescopes
NOAO Gallery of Observatory Facilities
NOAO Gallery of Observing History
SOHO Latest Images
World Radio Telescopes

HST:  Directories
Yahoo!   Hubble Space Telescope
About: Hubble

HST:  General
Current HST Position  NASA Liftoff
All About Hubble   PBS Mysteries of Deep Space
Anatomy of Hubble   Discovery.com
Astronomy Picture of the Day:  Orbiting Observatories
CNN Multimedia Report "Discovery - Hubble"
Eye on the Universe: Hubble Space Telescope
From Galileo to Hubble: Why a Telescope in Space   Amazing Space
How Hubble Space Telescope Works    How Stuff Works
Hubble, Edwin Powell   Encyclopedia Britannica
Hubble Heritage Site
Hubble Home
HST Service Mission M3A
MSNBC:  Hubble - The Long View   scroll down to Explore the Universe
Star Journey   National Geographic special
STSCI:  Space Telescope Science Institute
STSCI:  Space Telescope Science Institute Public Info
STSCI:  Hubble Space Telescope Primer
STSCI:  Nuts & Bolts of Hubble operation & optics
STSCI:  Quick Facts & History
STSCI:  Telescope Diary   its journey, trivia, all about HST
Virtual Tour: Hubble - From Here to Eternity   Online Planetarium Show

HST:  News
Space.com: Hubble Telescope

HST:  Images
SpaceMagnificent.com   check Deep Space and Human Space Flight
NASA/NSSDC:  Photo Gallery:  Hubble Space Telescope
New Views of the Universe
STSCI:  Photo Gallery of the HST spacecraft
STSCI:  HST Greatest Hits 1990-1998
STSCI:  HST Greatest Hits 1990-1995
STSCI:  Public Picture Gallery
STSCI:  Comet / Jupiter Encounter
STSCI:  Cosmology
STSCI:  Cygnus Loop
STSCI:  Galaxies - Nearby
STSCI:  Galaxies - Distant
STSCI:  General
STSCI:  Hubble Deep Field
STSCI:  Nebulae
STSCI:  Nebulae - Eagle Nebula
STSCI:  Nebulae - Lagoon Nebula
STSCI:  Nebulae - Planetary Nebulae
STSCI:  Novae & Supernovae
STSCI:  Quasars
STSCI:  Solar System
STSCI:  Stars
STSCI:  Star Clusters
STSCI:  Stellar Evolution