Observatories & Educational Institutions

 
 

Adler Planetarium Chicago, IL USA
0.5M DFM

Air Force Research Lab - AMOS Maui Space Surveillance System; or Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Observatory in Haleakala, HI USA
1.6M, 1.2M, 0.8M DFM

Angell Hall Observatory University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI USA
0.4M DFM

Apache Point Observatory New Mexico State University; Sun Spot, NM USA
3.5M, 0.5M DFM

ARIES Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences; Devasthal, India
1.3M DFM

Big Bear Solar Observatory New Jersey Institute of Technology; Big Bear Lake, CA USA
1.6M DFM

BGSU Observatory Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green, OH USA
0.5M DFM

Carroll Observatory Westmont College; Santa Barbara, CA USA
0.6M DFM

Chabot Observatories Chabot Space and Science Center; Oakland, CA USA
0.2M, 0.5M, 0.6M DFM

Charleston Observatory College of Charleston; Charleston, SC USA
0.4M DFM

Clay Center Observatory supports astronomical research for Dexter School, Southfield School, the Clay Center for Science and Technology, and Briarwood Conference Center; Brookline, MA USA
0.6M DFM

College of Arts and Sciences University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, AL USA
0.4M DFM

Dark Sky Observatory Appalachian State University; Boone, NC USA
0.8M DFM

Emory University Atlanta, GA USA
0.6M DFM

European Southern Observatory is an eight member, intergovernmental, European organization for astronomical research. ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.

La Silla Observatory Northern Atacama Desert; La Silla, Chile
3.6M, 2.2M, 1.5M

Paranal Observatory Cerro Paranal, Chile
4 telescopes each 8M

Fiske Planetarium University of Colorado; Boulder, CO USA
0.6M, 0.46M DFM, 0.4M DFM

F.W. Olin Physical Sciences Center Florida Institute of Technology; Melbourne, FL USA
0.8M DFM

Grant Gale Observatory Grinnell College; Grinnell, IA USA
0.6M DFM

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics supports research for Harvard's Department of Astronomy.

Harvard College Observatory Harvard College; Cambridge, MA USA
9" Clark

Oak Ridge Observatory SAO; Harvard MA USA
1.5M

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); on Mt. Hopkins, AZ USA
6.5M, 1.5M, 1.2M DFM
, 0.4M DFM

Herrett Center for Arts and Sciences College of Southern Idaho; Twin Falls, ID USA
0.6M DFM , ARE-125 DFM

Hopkins Observatory Williams College; Williamstown, MA USA
0.6M DFM

Limber Observatory Pipe Creek, Texas USA
0.4M DFM

McCardell Bicentennial Hall Observatory Middlebury College; Middlebury, VT USA
0.6M DFM

McDonald Observatory University of Texas; Austin Texas USA
9.2M, 2.7M, 2.1M, 0.8M

Mt. Wilson Observatory Mt. Wilson Institute; Pasadena, CA USA
0.6M, 1.5M, 2.5M

National Optical Astronomy Observatories NOAO is operated for the National Science Foundation by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. NOAO is located at Kitt Peak, AZ USA.

Kitt Peak National Observatory NOAO; Kitt Peak, AZ USA
4M, 2.1M, 0.9M, Feed, Burrell Schmidt

MDM Observatory Kitt Peak, AZ USA
2.4M DFM

National Solar Observatory at NOAO; Kitt Peak, AZ USA
1.6M, 0.9M
and Sacramento Peak at Sacramento Peak, NM USA
0.9M

WIYN Consortium comprised of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, Yale University, and NOAO; Kitt Peak, AZ USA
3.5M

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), another division of NOAO, is located in northern Chile; La Serena, Chile
4M, 1.5M, 1.0M, 0.9M, 0.6M

United States Gemini Program (USGP) is a division of NOAO established to support national interests by creating an international partnership between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil called the Gemini Project.


Gemini Observatory Project Dual 8M telescopes designed to provide unobstructed coverage of both the Northern and Southern skies.
Mauna Kea, HI USA
8M, 0.4M DFM, DIMM DFM
Cerro Pachon, Chile
8M

Peach Mountain Observatory University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI USA
0.6M McMath

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute PARI; Rosman, NC USA
0.4M DFM, 2 26M Radio Antenna Control Systems

Pine Mountain Observatory University of Oregon; Bend, OR USA
0.6M B&C

Red Buttes Observatory University of Wyoming; Laramie, WY USA
0.6M DFM

Rowan University Observatory Edelman Planetarium, Science Hall, Glassboro, NJ USA
0.4M DFM

Sommers-Bausch Observatory Colorado University; Boulder, CO USA
0.6M, 0.46M DFM, 0.4M DFM

United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff, AZ USA
1.3M DFM

Stull Observatory Alfred University; Alfred, NY USA
0.4M DFM

Virginia Military Institute Observatory Virginia Military Institute; Lexington, VA USA
0.5M DFM

Whipple Observatory FLWO located on Mt. Hopkins near Amado, AZ USA
6.5M, 1.5M, 1.2M DFM

Whitin Observatory Wellesley College; Wellesley, MA USA
24" B&C

 


Helpful Resources for the data side of Astronomy:

arXiv.org for Astrophysics: This is an open-access archive for scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics, with a section dedicated to astrophysics.

Astrophysics Data System (ADS): A digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant.

Coursera Course on Data-Driven Astronomy: This online course helps you understand how data science is applied in astronomy, covering topics like managing large datasets, visualizing data, and machine learning.

Data Science Programs:  Explore the role of data science in astronomy and interstellar exploration

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Data Science: JPL is at the forefront of space exploration and their data science page offers insights into how they use data to understand the universe.

The European Space Agency (ESA) - Space Science Data Portal: Offers access to data from ESA's space science missions, along with tools and software to process and analyze the data.