To aid organizations in obtaining information on the effectiveness of their telescopes, the AAS has created a vocabulary of facility keywords for telescope facilities for use in journal articles. The use of a common set of facility keywords across astronomical publications will make searches for telescopes significantly easier and more accurate.
Most facility keywords are just the facility's common name or acronym but some are a combination of the telescope's physical location and name or acronym. Authors may include additional text in parentheses after the facility keyword to cite facility instruments or telescope configurations. For example, the Wide Field Planetary Camera II on HST would be designated as HST (WFPC2). Anyone may propose new facility keywords for facilities not currently found on the list. Contact the AAS journals' data editors, Dr. Greg Schwarz and Dr. Gus Muench at aastex-help"at"aas.org, with the proposed facility keyword.
When preparing a LaTeX manuscript for submission, tag facility keywords with the AASTeX \facility
macro and place them in a new paragraph following the acknowledgments. Include the word "Facility" or "Facilities" in italics at the beginning of the list. Separate multiple facility keywords with commas.
Facility Tag Samples:
{\it Facility:} \facility{HST (NICMOS, STIS)}
{\it Facilities:} \facility{KAIT}
, \facility{Magellan:Baade (LDSS2 imaging spectrograph, Boller \& Chivens spectrograph)}
, \facility{Magellan:Clay (LDSS2 imaging spectrograph)}
, \facility{Swope (SITe No. 3 imaging CCD, NICMOS3 array)}
, \facility{Du Pont (Tek No. 5 imaging CCD, WFCCD)}
, \facility{Mayall (MOSAIC-1 wide-field camera)}
, \facility{MMT (Blue Channel spectrograph)}
, \facility{FLWO:1.5m (FAST)}
, \facility{Shane (Kast Double spectrograph)}
, \facility{Keck:I (LRIS)}
, \facility{Keck:II (ESI)}
The table below list the 400+ facility keywords. Each keyword has a full facility name plus location, wavelength, and facility type flags to make searching easiler. Click a table header to sort the list. One click will sort in descending order, two clicks will sort in ascending order, and three clicks will return to the original ordering. Hold shift and click a second row to add secondary sorting. Use the search field to find specific keywords.
Full Facility Name | Keyword | Location | Gamma-ray (> 120 keV) | X-ray (0.1 - 100 Angstroms or 0.12 - 120 keV) | Ultraviolet (100 - 3000 Angstroms or 1.2 - 120 eV) | Optical (3000 - 10,000 Angstroms or 0.3 - 1 micron) | Infrared (1 - 100 microns) | Millimeter (0.1 - 10 millimeters or 3000 - 30 GHz) | Radio (< 30 GHz) | Neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | Solar Facility |
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NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment | SORCE | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
The BOCHUM - UCN Hexapod 1.5m telescope at the Cerro Armazones Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) | OCA: Hexapod | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The BOCHUM - UCN Infra Red Imaging Survey 0.81m telescope at the Cerro Armazones Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) | OCA: IRIS | South America | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The BOCHUM - UCN Bochum Monitoring 0.4m Telescope at the Cerro Armazones Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) | OCA: BMT | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The BOCHUM - UCN Robotic Bochum Twin 0.15m Telescopes at the Cerro Armazones Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) | OCA: RoBoTT | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The BOCHUM - UCN Berlin Exoplanet Search 0.25m Telescope II at the Cerro Armazones Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Armazones) | OCA: BEST II | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
European Southern Observatory's European Extremely Large 39.3m Telescope at the Cerro Armazones Observatory | E-ELT | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:PROMPT | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
2MASS Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:2MASS | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
2MASS Telescope at Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory | FLWO:2MASS | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
IAA-CSIC Observatorio de Sierra Nevada's 1.5m Telescope | OSN:1.5m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
IAA-CSIC Observatorio de Sierra Nevada's 0.9m Telescope | OSN:0.9m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
IAA-CSIC Observatorio de Sierra Nevada's 0.6m Telescope | OSN:0.6m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional's 2.1m Telescope | OANSPM:2.1m | North America & Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional's 0.84m Telescope | OANSPM:0.8m | North America & Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional's Harold Johnson Telescope | OANSPM:HJT | North America & Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Vainu Bappu Observatory 1m Zeiss Telescope | VBO:1m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Vainu Bappu Observatory 2.3m Vainu Bappu Telescope | VBT | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
ANU Siding Spring Observatory 1.3m Skymapper Telescope | Skymapper | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Advanced Composition Explorer satellite | ACE | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | solar |
Advanced Electro Optical System | AEOS | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite | ARGOS | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics | ASCA | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
The ANU 2.3m Advanced Technology Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory | ATT | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Akari (ASTRO-F) | Akari | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Allen Telescope Array | ATA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
American Association of Variable Star Observers International Database | AAVSO | Earth | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Anglo-Australian Telescope | AAT | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array | AMANDA | Antarctica | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory | AST/RO | Antarctica | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Arcminute MicroKelvin Imager | AMI | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Arecibo observatory | Arecibo | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Ariel V satellite | ArielV | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Arizona Radio Observatory's 12m telescope at Kitt Peak | ARO:12m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Arizona Radio Observatory's Sub-millimeter Telescope | ARO:SMT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors satellite | ALEXIS | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Asiago Observatory's Copernico Telescope | Asiago:Copernico | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Asiago Observatory's Galilei Telescope | Asiago:Galilei | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Asiago Observatory's Schmidt Telescope | Asiago:Schmidt | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Astromomische Nederlandse Satelliet | ANS | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Astrophysical Research Consortium Telescope | ARC | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Atacama Large Millimeter Array | ALMA | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment | APEX | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment | ASTE | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Australia Telescope Compact Array | ATCA | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Lick Observatory Automated Planet Finder | APF | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Balloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation ANd Geophysics | BOOMERANG | Airborne | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope | BLAST | Airborne | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Beijing Astronomical Observatory's 1.26 meter Telescope | Beijing:1.26m | Asia | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Beijing Astronomical Observatory's 2.16 meter Telescope | Beijing:2.16m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Beijing Astronomical Observatory's 7 meter Solar Radio Telescope | Beijing:7m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Beijing Astronomical Observatory's Meter-wave aperture Synthesis Radio Telescope | Beijing:MSRT | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
BeppoSAX X-ray satellite | BeppoSAX | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Berkeley Illinois Maryland Array | BIMA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Big Bear Solar Observatory | Big Bear Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory's 1.8 Meter Telescope | BOAO:1.8m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Bolshoi Azimuthal Telescope | BAT | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Brigham Young University 0.4 m telescope | BYU:0.4m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Brigham Young University 0.9 m telescope | BYU:0.9m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Brigham Young University Remote Observatory for Variable Object Research telescope | ROVOR | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope | BBXRT | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory's 2.6 meter telescope | BAO:2.6m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
CANGAROO atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes | CANGAROO | Australia | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
COsmic Background Explorer satellite | COBE | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | millimeter | . | . | . |
Calar Alto Observatory's 1.2 meter Telescope | CAO:1.2m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Calar Alto Observatory's 2.2 meter Telescope | CAO:2.2m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Calar Alto Observatory's 3.5 meter Telescope | CAO:3.5m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Calar Alto Observatory's Schmidt Telescope | CAO:Schmidt | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Caltech Millimeter Array | CMA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory | CSO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Cambridge Low-Frequency Sythesis Telescope | CLFST | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope | COAST | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope | CFHT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Cassini-Huygens | Cassini | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | . | radio | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Ceduna Radio Observatorys telescope | Ceduna Radio Observatory | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy interferometer | CHARA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The Small and Medium Research Telescope System (SMARTS) 0.9 meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:0.9m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Small and Medium Research Telescope System (SMARTS) Yale 1.0 meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:1.0m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Small and Medium Research Telescope System (SMARTS) 1.3 meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:1.3m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Small and Medium Research Telescope System (SMARTS) 1.5 meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory | CTIO:1.5m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory's 4 meter Blanco Telescope | Blanco | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Chandra X-ray Observatory satellite | CXO | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) sounding rocket | CIBER | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy | CARMA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | radio | . | . |
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite | CGRO | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Copernicus (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3) satellite | Copernicus | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Cos-B Satellite | Cos-B | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Cosmic Background imager | CBI | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer satellite | CHIPS | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's 1.25 meter Telescope | CrAO:1.25m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's 22 meter Radio Telescope | CrAO:22m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's Gamma Telescope | CrAO:Gamma | Europe | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's Solar Tower | CrAO:Solar tower | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's meter Shajn Telescope | CrAO:Shajn | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Danish 1.54m telescope at European Southern Observatory | Danish 1.54m Telescope | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
David Dunlap Observatory's 1.88 meter telescope | Dunlap Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | DMSP | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer | DXS | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory's 1.22 meter Telescope | DAO:1.22m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory's 1.85 meter Telescope | DAO:1.85m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory's 26 meter Telescope | DRAO:26m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory's Synthesis Telescope | DRAO:Synthesis Telescope | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Du Pont Telescope | Du Pont | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Dunn Solar Telescope | Dunn | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
Dutch Open Telescope | DOT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
EUropean REtrievable CArrier satellite | EURECA | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Effelsberg Radio Telescope | Effelsberg | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Einstein (High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2) satellite | Einstein | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
European Southern Observatory's 1.52 meter Telescope | ESO:1.52m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
European Southern Observatory's 3.6 meter Telescope | ESO:3.6m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
European Southern Observatory's 4.1 meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy | ESO:VISTA | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory | Herschel | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | millimeter | . | . | . |
European Space Agency's Planck space observatory | Planck | Space | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
European Space Agency's X-ray Observatory satellite | EXOSAT | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
European VLBI Network | EVN | Earth | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Evans Solar Facility | Evans | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
The millimeter and submillimeter VLBI Event Horizon Telescope | EHT | Earth | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Expanded Very Large Array | EVLA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Extreme UltraViolet Explorer satellite | EUVE | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fan Mountain Observatory 10 inch Cooke Astrograph | FMO:Astrograph | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Fan Mountain Observatory 31 inch Tinsley Cassegrain Reflector | FMO:31in | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Fan Mountain Observatory 40 inch Baker Schmidt Astrometric Reflector | FMO:40in | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope | FAUST | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite | FUSE | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer satellite | FAST | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | solar |
Faulkes Telescope North | FTN | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Faulkes Telescope South | FTS | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) | Fermi | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory's Telescope | FCRAO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory's 1.2 meter Telescope | FLWO:1.2m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory's 1.5 meter Telescope | FLWO:1.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory's 10 meter atmospheric Cherenkov observatory | FLWO:10m | North America and Hawaii | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
GREGOR 1.5 meter Solar telescope | Gregor | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite | GALEX | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Gamma Ray Imaging Platform | GRIP | Airborne | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Gemini South Telescope | Gemini:South | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Geostationary Operational Environmetal Satellite | GOES | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope | GMRT | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
The Deep Space Network Goldstone Solar System Radar | GSSR | North America | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
Gillett Gemini North Telescope | Gemini:Gillett | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Ginga X-ray satellite | Ginga | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Global Oscillation Network Group | GONG | Earth | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS 10.4m telescope (GRANTECAN) | GTC | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Granat X-ray satellite | GRANAT | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Green Bank 42.6 meter Telescope | GBO:42.6m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Green Bank Interferometer | GBI | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Green Bank Telescope | GBT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
HALCA VLBI Space Observatory Program satellite | HALCA | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Hakucho X-ray satellite | Hakucho | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory 26m radio telescope | HartRAO:26m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Haystack Observatory's radio telescope | Haystack Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
The High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope (HEAT) | HEAT | Antarctica | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope | HHT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
High Altitude Observatory | HAO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 satellite | HEAO-1 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3 satellite | HEAO-3 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy Experiment | HEGRA | Africa and Canary Islands | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
High Energy Stereoscopic System | HESS | Africa and Canary Islands | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 satellite | HETE-2 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Hilltop Dome Facility | Hilltop | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Himalayan Chandra Telescope | HCT | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Hinode (Solar-B) | Hinode | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Hinotori solar mission (Astro-A) | Hinotori | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission satellite | HIPPARCOS | Space | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope | HUT | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Hubble Space Telescope satellite | HST | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia 32m Medicina Radio Telescope | Medicina:32m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia 32m Noto Radio Telescope | Noto:32m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Improved Solar Observing Optical Network | ISOON | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
InfraRed Astronomical Satellite | IRAS | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Infrared Optical Telescope Array | IOTA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Infrared Space Observatory satellite | ISO | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Infrared Spatial Interferometer | ISI | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Infrared Survey Facility | IRSF | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Infrared Telescope Facility | IRTF | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Institute de Radioastronomie Millimetrique 30 meter telescope | IRAM:30m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Institute de Radioastronomie Millimetrique Interferometer | IRAM:Interferometer | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Mercator 1.2m Telescope | Mercator1.2m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory satellite | INTEGRAL | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
International Ultraviolet Explorer | IUE | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Isaac Newton Group's Isaac Newton Telescope | ING:Newton | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Isaac Newton Group's Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope | ING:Kapteyn | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Isaac Newton Group's William Herschel Telescope | ING:Herschel | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Italian Space Agency Astro-rivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero satellite | AGILE | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
JAXA Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image experiment | MAXI | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
The Japanese VLBI Network | JVN | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope | JCMT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
James Webb Space Telescope | JWST | Space | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
KECK I Telescope | Keck:I | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
KECK II Telescope | Keck:II | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Kashima Space Research Center's 34 meter Radio | Kashima:34m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope | KAIT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Kitt Peak National Observatory Coude Feed Telescope | KPNO:CFT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Kitt Peak National Observatory's 2.1 meter Telescope | KPNO:2.1m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Kitt Peak National Observatory's 4 meter Mayall Telescope | Mayall | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope | KPVT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
Kolner Observatiorium fur Submm-Astronomie's telescope | KOSMA | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Koronas solar activity monitor satellites | Koronas | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Kuiper Airborne Observatory | KAO | Airborne | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Chinese Academy of Science Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope aka the Guo Shoujing Telescope | LAMOST | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
LPL Spacewatch 1.8 meter Spacewatch Telescope | Spacewatch:1.8m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica's 0.6 meter Boller and Chivens Telescope | LNA:BC0.6m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica's 0.6 meter Zeiss Jena Telescope | LNA:ZJ0.6m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica's 1.6 meter Perkin-Elmer Telescope | LNA:1.6m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory | LBT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope | LCOGT | Earth | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory | LIGO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Leander McCormick Observatory 26-Inch Alvan Clark Refractor | LMO:Clark | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Lick Observatory's 1m Nickel Telescope | Nickel | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Lick Observatory's 3m Shane Telescope | Shane | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Liverpool 2 meter telesope at Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos | Liverpool:2m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Loiano Observatory's 0.6m Telescope | Loiano:0.6m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Loiano Observatory's Cassini 1.52m Telescope | Loiano:1.52m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
ASTRON's Low-Frequency Array for radio astronomy | LOFAR | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Lovell Telescope | Lovell | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Lowell Observatory Near Earth Object Search Telescope | LONEOS | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Lowell Observatory's 0.8 meter Telescope | LO:0.8m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Lowell Observatory's 42in Hall Telescope | Hall | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Lowell Observatory's 72in Perkins Telescope | Perkins | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Lowell Observatory's 4.3-m Discovery Channel Telescope | DCT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
MAXIMA ballon experiment | MAXIMA | Airborne | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
MDM Observatory's 1m McGraw-Hill Telescope | McGraw-Hill | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
MDM Observatory's 2.4m Hiltner Telescope | Hiltner | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
MMT at Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory | MMT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Magellan I Walter Baade Telescope | Magellan:Baade | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Magellan II Landon Clay Telescope | Magellan:Clay | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Maidanak Observatory's 1.5 Meter Telescope | Maidanak:1.5m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope | MAGIC | Africa and Canary Islands | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Manastash Ridge Observatory | Manastash Ridge Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Mark III Interferometer | Mark III interferometer | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Mark III Interferometer | Mark III interferometer | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter | Odyssey | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George R. Wallace, Jr., Astrophysical Observatory 16 inch telescope | MIT:WAO:0.41m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George R. Wallace, Jr., Astrophysical Observatory 24 inch telescope | MIT:WAO:0.61m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mauritius Observatory/Mauritius Radio Telescope | Mauritius Observatory | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Max Planck Gesellschaft 2.2 meter Telescope at European Southern Observatory | Max Planck:2.2m | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
McDonald Observatory's 0.8 meter Telescope | McD:0.8m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
McDonald Observatory's 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope | Struve | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
McDonald Observatory's 2.7m Harlan J. Smith Telescope | Smith | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
McDonald Observatory's Hobby-Eberly Telescope | HET | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope | McMath-Pierce | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
NASA MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission | MESSENGER | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | optical | infrared | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Metsahovi Radio Observatory's Radio Telescope | Metsahovi Radio Observatory | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Microvariability and Oscillations of STars | MOST | Space | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Midcourse Space Experiment | MSX | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory's Milagrito Telescope | Milagrito Observatory | North America and Hawaii | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope | Molonglo Observatory | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Mopra Radio Telescope | Mopra | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory's 14 meter telescope | MtPO:14m | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory's 26 meter telescope | MtPO:26m | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Mount Stromlo's 1.3 meter Telescope | MtS:1.3m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mount Stromlo's 1.9 meter Telescope | MtS:1.9m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mount Wilson's 1.5 meter Telescope | MtW:1.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mount Wilson's 100 inch Hooker Telescope | Hooker | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mount Wilson's 18 meter Solar Tower | MtW:18m solar tower | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Mount Wilson's 46 meter Solar Tower | MtW:46m solar tower | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Mt Abu InfraRed Observatory 0.5 meter telescope | MIRO:0.5m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mt Abu InfraRed Observatory 1.2 meter telescope | MIRO:1.2m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Mt. Canopus Observatory 0.4m Telescope | MtCanopus:0.4m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Mt. Canopus Observatory 1m Telescope | MtCanopus:1m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Mt. Fuji 1.2 meter submillimeter-wave telescope | MtFuji:1.2m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Mt. John University Observatory 1.8m Telescope | MtJohn:1.8m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Mt. John University Observatory 1m Telescope | MtJohn:1m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network Array | MERLIN | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Murchison Widefield Array (formerly Mileura Widefield Array) | MWA | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory | STEREO | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | radio | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | solar |
NASA's solar WIND satellite | WIND | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | solar |
Nagoya University 4m millimeter telescope | NU:4m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Nancay Radio Heliograph Array | NRHA | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
Nancay Radio Telescope | NRT | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 12 meter telescope | NRAO:12m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer | NPOI | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
New Mexico State University 1 meter Telescope | NMSU:1m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
New Techology Telescope | NTT | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Newton X-Ray Multimirror Mission satellite | XMM | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Nobeyama 45m Telescope | No:45m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Nobeyama Millimeter Array | NoMA | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Nobeyama Radio Heliograph | NoRH | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
Nobeyama Radio Polarimeters | NoRP | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | solar |
Nordic Optical Telescope | NOT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Norfolk State University 0.6 meter Rapid Response Robotic Telescope (RRRT) at Fan Mountain Observatory | FMO:RRRT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Northern Cross Radio Telescope Array | NCRTA | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees's 2m Bernard Lyot Telescope | TBL | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Observatoire de Haute-Provence's 0.8 meter Telescope | OHP:0.8m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatoire de Haute-Provence's 1.2 meter Telescope | OHP:1.2m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatoire de Haute-Provence's 1.52 meter Telescope | OHP:1.52m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatoire de Haute-Provence's 1.93 meter Telescope | OHP:1.93m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio Astrofisico Guillermo Haro's telescope | Haro Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio del Teide's 0.8 meter Telescope | OT:0.8m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio del Teide's 1.52m Carlos Sanchez Telescope | Sanchez | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Observatorio del Teide's Gregory Coude Telescope | OT:GCT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Odin Astronomical and Atmospheric Satellite | Odin | Space | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 1.88m Telescope | OAO:1.88m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 0.91m Telescope | OAO:0.91m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 0.5m Telescope | OAO:0.5m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 0.65m solar Telescope | OAO:0.65m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
Onsala Space Observatory's 20 meter Telescope | OSO:20m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Onsala Space Observatory's 25 meter Telescope | OSO:25m | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Ooty Radio Telescope | Ooty | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
Orbiting Solar Observatory 7 satellite | OSO7 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Orbiting Solar Observatory 8 satellite | OSO8 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer satellite | ORFEUS | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Osaka Prefecture University 1.85 m millimeter-submillimeter telescope | OPU:1.85m | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Owens Valley Radio Observatory's 40 meter Telescope | OVRO:40m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Owens Valley Radio Observatory's Solar Array | OVRO:SA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
P78-1 space test Program spacecraft | P78-1 | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
PRoject for On-Board Autonomy 2 satellite | PROBA2 | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Palomar Observatory's 1.2 meter Samuel Oschin Telescope | PO:1.2m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Palomar Observatory's 1.5 meter Telescope | PO:1.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Palomar Observatory's 5.1m Hale Telescope | Hale | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Palomar Testbed Interferometer | PO:PTI | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System Telescope #1 (Pan-STARRS) | PS1 | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Parkes Radio Telescope | Parkes | Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Pioneer Venus Orbiter | PVO | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Planet Search Telescope, Sherlock | PO:Sherlock | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Planet Search Telescope, Sleuth | PO:Sleuth | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
ROentgen Satellite | ROSAT | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | millimeter | radio | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Radio Telescope of the Acadamey of Sciences | RATAN | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | solar |
Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager satellite | RHESSI | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Receiver Lab Telescope | RLT | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Ritter Observatory's Telescope | Ritter Observatory | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer | RXTE | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Ryle Radio Telescope | Ryle | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
SUNRISE balloon-borne solar observatory | SUNRISE | Airborne | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Siding Springs Observatory's 1 meter Telescope | SSO:1m | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Skinakas Observatory 1.3 meter Telescope | Skinakas:1.3m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope | Sloan | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 | SAS2 | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Small Astronomy Satellite 3 | SAS3 | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory | SOAO:0.61m | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle EXplorer | SAMPEX | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | solar |
Solar Dynamics Observatory | SDO | Space | . | x-ray | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Solar Heliospheric Observatory satellite | SOHO | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Solar Maximum Mission satellite | SMM | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
Solar Tower Atmospheric Cerenkov Effect Experiment | STACEE | North America and Hawaii | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
South Africa Astronomical Observatory's 0.5 meter Telescope | SAAO:0.5m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
South Africa Astronomical Observatory's 0.75 meter Telescope | SAAO:0.75m | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
South Africa Astronomical Observatory's 1.9m Radclifffe Telescope | Radcliffe | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
South Africa Astronomical Observatory's 1m Elizabeth Telescope | Elizabeth | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
South Pole Telescope | SPT | Antarctica | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Southeastern Association for Reasearch in Astronomy Telescope | SARA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Southern African Large Telescope | SALT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Soviet Gamma observatory | Gamma | Space | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
RadioAstron Space Radio Telescope (Spektr-R) | SRT | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Spitzer Space Telescope satellite | Spitzer | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Stardust, NASA's comet sample return mission | Stardust | Space | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Starfire Optical Range's 1.5 meter telescope | SOR:1.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Starfire Optical Range's 3.5 meter telescope | SOR:3.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Steward Observatory 0.9 meter Spacewatch Telescope | Spacewatch:0.9m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Steward Observatory 2.3 meter Bok Telescope | Bok | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Steward Observatory's 0.6 meter Super-LOTIS Telescope | SO:Super-LOTIS | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Steward Observatory's 1.5 meter Kuiper Telescope | SO:Kuiper | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Steward Observatory's 1.5 meter NASA Telescope | SO:1.5m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy | SOFIA | Airborne | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
SubMillimeter Array | SMA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Subaru Telescope | Subaru | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite | SWAS | Space | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Sunyaev-Zeldovich Array | SZA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | radio | . | . |
SuperWASP extra-solar planet detection program | SuperWASP | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Suzaku (ASTRO-EII) | Suzaku | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Swedish 1 meter Solar Telescope | SST | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope | SVST | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope | SEST | South America | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission | Swift | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Swope Telescope | Swope | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Synoptic Optical Long Term Investigations of the Sun | SOLIS | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | solar |
TD-1A (Thor-Delta 1A satellite) | TD-1A | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
THEMIS Telescope | THEMIS | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Telescopea Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires, Rapid Action Telescope for Transient Objects: Calern Observatory | TAROT-Calern | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Telescopea Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires, Rapid Action Telescope for Transient Objects: ESO | TAROT-ESO | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo | TNG | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Tenma Xray satellite | Tenma | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Tennessee State University 2-m Automatic Spectroscopic Telescope | TSU:AST | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The All Sky Automated Survey | ASAS | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The Burrell Schmidt of the Warner and Swasey Observatory, Case Western Reserve University | CWRU:Schmidt | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The German-British 600m Armlength Gravitational Wave Detector | GEO600 | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
The Infrared Telescope in Space | IRTS | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The International Rosetta Mission | Rosetta | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | millimeter | radio | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
The Keck Interferometer | Keck: Interferometer | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Kepler Mission | Kepler | Space | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The Long Wavelength Array | LWA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
The NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission | NuSTAR | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
The Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope | SOAR | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The Swiss Euler 1.2m Telescope | Euler1.2m | South America | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
The Very Large Telescope Interferometer | VLTI | South America | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
The plateau Observatory's Dome A Chinese Small Telescope array | DOME A:CSTAR | Antarctica | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Thuringer Landessternwarte 2 meter Telescope | TLS | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer | TRACE | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
ULYSSES heliospheric mission | ULYSSES | Space | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |
US Naval Observatory 1.3 meter telescope | USNO:1.3m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
US Naval Observatory 40 inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope | USNO:40in | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
US Naval Observatory 61 inch Kaj A. Strand Astrometric Reflector | USNO:61in | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
US Naval Observatory Ron Stone 8 inch transit telescope | USNO:Stone8in | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Uhuru (Small Astronomical Satellite 1) | Uhuru | Space | . | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope | UIT | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope | UKIRT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope | UKST | Australia | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
University of Hawaii 2.2 meter Telescope | UH:2.2m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory 26m telescope at Peach Mountain | UMRAO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Uppsala Schmidt Telescope | Uppsala Schmidt | Australia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Vacuum Newtonian Telescope | VNT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Vacuum Tower Telescope | VTT | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | solar |
Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope | VATT | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System | VERITAS | North America and Hawaii | gamma-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry | VERA | Asia | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Very Large Array | VLA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Very Large Telescope (Antu) | VLT:Antu | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Very Large Telescope (Kueyen) | VLT:Kueyen | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Very Large Telescope (Melipal) | VLT:Melipal | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Very Large Telescope (Yepun) | VLT:Yepun | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Very Long Baseline Array | VLBA | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Very Small Array | VSA | Africa and Canary Islands | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Viper submillimeter Telescope | Viper | Antarctica | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Virgo Interferometer at the European Gravitational Observatory | EGO:Virgo | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | neutrinos, particles, and gravitational waves | . |
Voyager I satellite | Voyager I | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Voyager II satellite | Voyager II | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
WIYN 0.9m Observatory at Kitt Peak National Observatory | WIYN:0.9m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . | University of Munich's Wendelstein Observatory 2m telescope | WO:2m | Europe | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope | WSRT | Europe | . | . | . | . | . | . | radio | . | . |
Whole Earth Blazar Telescope | WEBT | Earth | . | . | . | optical | infrared | milimeter | radio | . | . |
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer | WISE | Space | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe | WMAP | Space | . | . | . | . | . | millimeter | . | . | . |
Williams College Hopkins Observatory 0.6m telescope | WCHO:0.6m | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper | WHAM | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimter Experiment | WUPPE | Space | . | . | ultraviolet | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO Telescope | WIYN | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Wise Observatory's Telescope | Wise Observatory | Asia | . | . | . | optical | . | . | . | . | . |
Wyoming Infrared Observatory | WIRO | North America and Hawaii | . | . | . | . | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Yale-AURA-Lisbon-Ohio State Telescope | YALO | South America | . | . | . | optical | infrared | . | . | . | . |
Yohkoh Gamma and X-ray solar satellite (Solar-A) | Yohkoh | Space | gamma-ray | x-ray | . | . | . | . | . | . | solar |