Astronomy: Institutions: Observatories: Optical and Infrared

Part of Astronet, a network connecting the twelve Italian observatories and their detached seats with the national scientific network.

The home of the European Southern observatory (ESO) in Chile.

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.

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.

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.

Joint Astronomy Centre

Their home page. They also give tours and let people peek through the little hole.

An introduction to the SAAO, a description of instrumentation and telescopes, an observation schedule, and information on educational opportunities.

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.

Chinese Academy of Sciences.

National Astronomical Observatory of Spain

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.

The astronomical instruments here are: the 0.77 m Schmidt telescope a 0.40 m fotoelectric reflector a 0.25 m fotoelectric reflector.

The observatories operates 1.0-meter and 2.5-meter telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile. Two 6. 5-meter telescopes are being constructed by the Magellan project collaboration. Telescope time, available to the observatories' scientific staff and visiting investigators, is scheduled once a year, with time allocation applications due in mid-october.