Institutes

Institutes of Astronomy

  • Palomar Observatory Public Home Page
    The Palomar Observatory is located in north San Diego County, California. It is a world-class center of astronomical research that is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The observatory is home to five telescopes that are
  • Owens Valley Radio Observatory
    The Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is the largest university-operated radio observatory in the world. The observatory is located near Bishop, California, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. For r
  • Mount Wilson Observatory
    Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale, Mount Wilson Observatory would quickly rise to dominate astronomy worldwide. It was successively home to the world's two largest telescopes as well as the most powerful facilities in existence for study
  • Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton Homepage
  • Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO)
    The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) located in Big Bear Lake, California is operated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Our main interest is the physics of the Sun and we observe solar phenomena with our dedicated telescopes and inst
  • Heavens-Above!
  • USNO Astronomical Applications Department
    Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Our products - almanacs, software, and web services - provide precise astronomical data for practical applications, serving the defense, scientific, commercial, and civilian communit
  • The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
    The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's site in Green Bank, Pocahontas County, West Virginia (79
  • The Arecibo Observatory

    The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), a national research center operated by Cornell University under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF is an independent fede

  • SpaceWeather.com
    -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
  • Space Calendar (JPL)
    The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,800 links to related home pages. This Calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke.
  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
    SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind. SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995. The SOHO spacecraft wa
  • Pic du Midi
  • Phases of the Moon-USNO
  • Paris Observatory
  • National Solar Observatory (NSO)

    National Solar Observatory Sacramento Peak Facilities

  • NASA IMAGE
    The IMAGE spacecraft was launched from Vandenberg AFB on 25 March 2000, at 20:34:43 UT. IMAGE was the first satellite mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere, the region of space controlled by the Earth's magnetic field and containing
  • Isle Of Man Astronomical Society
    We are open to anyone in the Isle of Man wishing to know more about the wonders of the night sky. Expert or beginner, you are welcome to come along to a couple of meetings and see what we are about before you will need to join. Our regular meet
  • The Australian Space Weather Agency - Culgoora Observatory - H-Alpha Image
    At the Culgoora Observatory a telescope tracks the sun throughout daylight hours providing a continuous feed of images of the solar disk. Typical of solar observing telescopes, the Culgoora telescope is fitted with an H-Alpha filter which views the s
  • Instituto de Astrof
    The Instituto de Astrof

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