This is a partial list of astronomicalobservatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location...
The NationalAstronomicalObservatory of Japan (国立天文台, kokuritsu tenmondai) (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities...
NationalAstronomicalObservatory may refer to: NationalAstronomicalObservatory (Chile) NationalAstronomicalObservatories of China National Astronomical...
Yunnan AstronomicalObservatory (YAO; Chinese: 云南天文台) an institution of Chinese Academy of Sciences sits on the Phoenix Hill in the east suburbs of Kunming...
The Indian AstronomicalObservatory (IAO) is a high-altitude astronomy station located in Hanle, India and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics...
This is a list of the highest astronomicalobservatories in the world, considering only ground-based observatories and ordered by elevation above mean...
This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant (for measuring...
The Kitt Peak NationalObservatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomicalobservatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran...
The NationalAstronomicalObservatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC, Chinese: 中国科学院国家天文台; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Guójiā Tiānwéntái) is an astronomical...
remains the country's leading authority for astronomical and timing data for all purposes. The observatory is located in Northwest Washington, D.C. at...
The Quito AstronomicalObservatory (Spanish: Observatorio Astronómico de Quito – OAQ) is a research institute of EPN, the National Polytechnic School in...
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) was the United States nationalobservatory for ground-based nighttime ultraviolet-optical-infrared (OUVIR)...
South African AstronomicalObservatory (SAAO) is the national centre for optical and infrared astronomy in South Africa. It was established in 1972. The...
Gaocheng AstronomicalObservatory, also known as the Dengfeng Observatory, is an observatory in Duke of Zhou's shrine, Gaocheng Town, near Dengfeng in...
Australian AstronomicalObservatory (AAO), formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory, was an optical and near-infrared astronomy observatory with its headquarters...
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomicalobservatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx, a rocky summit on which...
2-metre (320 in) telescope of the NationalAstronomicalObservatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii. It is named after the open...
et Lettres University, is the foremost astronomicalobservatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centers in the world. Its historic building...
Mountain Observatory (Chinese: 紫金山天文台; pinyin: Zǐjīnshān Tiānwéntái), also known as Zijinshan AstronomicalObservatory is an astronomicalobservatory located...
Tonantzintla Observatory (Spanish: Observatorio de Tonantzintla) is an astronomicalobservatory located in the municipality of San Andrés Cholula in the...
The Orbiting AstronomicalObservatory 2 (OAO-2, nicknamed Stargazer) was the first successful space telescope (first space telescope being OAO-1, which...
Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned...
Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an...
members of the Syndicate. Its HQ is located at the present day NationalAstronomicalObservatory of Japan, Mitaka Campus, Mitaka. It is affiliated with the...
A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in...
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