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Bologna Observatory
Part of Astronet, a network connecting the twelve Italian observatories and their detached seats with the national scientific network.
ESO - La Silla Observatory
The home of the European Southern observatory (ESO) in Chile.
Kitt Peak National Observatory
http://www.noao.edu/kpno/kpno.html
KPNO is a division of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
Haute-Provence (OHP)
An observatory in southern France. Site is written mostly in French but does include English-language text for several areas, such as general information about the observatory, tours, and educational opportunities.
Apache Point Observatory
APO is privately owned and operated by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC), consisting of the University of Chicago, Institute for Advanced Study, Johns Hopkins University, New Mexico State University, Princeton University, University of Washington, and Washington State University.
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Their home page. They also give tours and let people peek through the little hole.
South African Astronomical Observatory
An introduction to the SAAO, a description of instrumentation and telescopes, an observation schedule, and information on educational opportunities.
The United States Naval Observatory
The USNO mission is to determine the positions and motions of celestial objects, to provide astronomical data, to measure the Earth's rotation and to maintain the Master Clock for the United States.
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional
National Astronomical Observatory of Spain
Armagh Observatory
The Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage. Founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, the Observatory is one of the UK and Ireland's leading scientific research establishments.
Copenhagen University Observatory
The astronomical instruments here are: the 0.77 m Schmidt telescope a 0.40 m fotoelectric reflector a 0.25 m fotoelectric reflector.
SAO RAS Home Page
Russian Acadomy of Sciences. You wouldn't have gotten this a few years ago.
Climenhaga Observatory
http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/climenhaga/obs/telescope.html
An FTP page listing activities and discoveries from the University of Victoria using their automated telescope system.
Bucknell Observatory
http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/physics/astronomy/observatory/
Information about the Bucknell University Observatory, as well as on course offerings at the college.
UBC Astronomy Telescope
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/telescope/telescope.html
Telescope astronomy group at UBC.
Calar Alto Observatory
A German-Spanish Astronomical Centre with telescopes up to 3.5m and an ALFA laser guide star for adaptive optics. Located in Southern Spain.
Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope
http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/coast/
A coherent array of four telescopes operating in the red and near infra-red, using Michelson interferometry on baselines of up to 100m to give images with a resolution down to 1 milliarcsecond.
Leiden Observatory
http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/
Research focuses on a number of different areas covering astronomical interests which range from the study of stars and the interstellar medium to galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe.
University of Alabama Astronomy
Their observatories home page.
The Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory
http://www.inaoep.mx/~astrofi/cananea/
A teaching institution in Cananea,Mexico. Their telescope has a primary mirror of 2.12 meters. Apart from the main telescope they have a 16-inch MEADE for extinction measurements and a 8-inch seeing monitor.
Harvard College Observatory
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/hco-home.html
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Includes a brief introduction to the observatory.