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The Anglo-Australian Observatory
the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes, Siding Spring, Australia
(http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk:80/AAO/)
Arecibo Observatory
The largest radio telescope in the world.
(http://www.naic.edu/)
Armagh Observatory
Ireland
(http://www.arm.ac.uk/)
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO)
A 10.4 metre diameter, sub-millimetre spectrum, telescope. Situated at the top of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.
(http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/)
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
A 3.6 metre optical and infra-red telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.
(http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/)
Gemini Observatories
Two 8.1 metre optical telescopes. One in Hawaii, the other in Chile.
(http://www.gemini.edu/)
Hubble Space Telescope Resources
Index to a variety of the best Hubble sites
(http://www.ncc.com/misc/hubble_sites.html)
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma comprises the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope, the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope and the 1m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope
(http://www.ing.iac.es)
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)
A 15 metre diameter, sub millimetre spectrum telescope situated near the summit of Mauna Kea, of Big island, Hawaii
(http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/home.html)
Jodrell Bank
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories ... The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories (NRAL) at Jodrell Bank are a part of the University of Manchester's Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratories are home to the Lovell Telescope and the MERLIN
(http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/)
Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawaii
the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
(http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/JACpublic/)
La Silla observatory
The home of the European Southern observatory (ESO) in Chile.
(http://www.ls.eso.org/)
Large Telescopes
index of the world's largest ground-based optical telescopes
(http://www.seds.org/billa/bigeyes.html)
Linden Observatory
Home of the Linden Observatory
(http://welcome.to/linden)
The Maidanak Foundation
The Maidanak Foundation is working to provide funding for existing telescopes at Mt. Maidanak in Uzbekistan. Mt. Maidanak has excellent seeing conditions, very unique for its longitude.
(http://www.maidanak.org/)
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
(http://www.noao.edu/)
Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)
a key part of the NASA Origins Program, is designed to be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
(http://www.ngst.stsci.edu/)
Nordic Optical Telescope
While not very large, the NOT on La Palma has a brilliant construction and has proved to be a world class telescope.
(http://www.not.iac.es/)
NRAO Very Large Array (VLA)
A 36km diameter radio telescope consisting of 27 individual dishes arranged in a Y shape. Featured in the films 2001 and Contact (The latter half).
(http://info.aoc.nrao.edu/doc/vla/html/VLAhome.shtml)
The Palomar Observatory, Caltech
No Description available
(astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/public/index.html)
Star Safaris select-a-telescope guide.
Use this helpful guide to find the perfect Celestron telescope for your observing needs.
(http://www.starsafaris.com)
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
A 3.8 metre diameter infra-red spectrum telescope situated at the top of Mauna Kea, Big island, Hawaii.
(http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT/home.html)
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Four 8 metre, and three 1 metre telescopes in Chile which may be operated independently or in interferometric mode to achieve an effective 16 metre diameter. Currently the largest optical telescope in the world.
(http://www.eso.org/projects/vlt/)
W.M. Keck Observatory
Mauna Kea, Hawaii; the world's largest optical telescope
(http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu:3636/)
It Takes More Than One Kind of Telescope to See the Light
why we need different types of telescopes to look at outer space.
(http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/features/ast20apr99_1.htm)
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