List of astronomical observatories

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Legend
Space observatory
Radio observatory
Solar observatory
Neutrino observatory
Ground based observatory

This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation. Other sciences, such as volcanology and meteorology, also use facilities called observatories for research and observations however this list is limited to observatories that are used to observe celestial objects.

An astronomical observatory is generally a building or group of buildings constructed to aid in observations of astronomical objects such as planets, asteroids, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. In most cases, astronomical observations are made using different types of telescopes that serve to increase the apparent angular size and brightness of distant celestial objects allowing them to be better studied and understood.

Many modern telescopes and observatories are located in space in order to avoid the effects of atmospheric turbulence that plague ground based telescopes. These space observatories can also be used to observe astronomical objects in wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that cannot penetrate the Earth's atmosphere (such as ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays) and are thus impossible to observe using ground-based telescopes. [1]

A

Satellite image of Arecibo Observatory
Name Established Location
Abu Reyhan-e Birooni Observatory 1976 Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Aker Observatory 1995 Safford, Arizona (USA)
Aldershot Observatory 1906 Aldershot, Hampshire (United Kingdom)
Allegheny Observatory 1859 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)
Anderson Mesa Station 1959 Flagstaff, Arizona, (USA)
Andromeda Observatory 1992 Isle of Man, British Isles
Angell Hall Observatory Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
Anglo-Australian Observatory 1971 Coonabarabran, Australia
Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array 2002 Antarctica
Apache Point Observatory Sunspot, New Mexico (USA)
Apollo Observatory 1969 Dayton, Ohio (USA)
Arcetri Observatory Arcetri, Florence, Italy
Arecibo Observatory 1963 Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Armagh Observatory 1790 Armagh, Ireland
Ashton Observatory 1983 Baxter, Iowa (USA)
Asiago Observatory 1942 Asiago, Italy
Australia Telescope Compact Array 1988 Narrabri, Australia

B

Big Bear Lake Solar Observatory
Name Established Location
Badlands Observatory 2000 Quinn, South Dakota (USA)
Baker Observatory Marshfield, Missouri (USA)
Ball State University Observatory Muncie, Indiana (USA)
Barnard Observatory (defunct) 1859 Oxford, Mississippi (USA)
Behlen Observatory 1972 Mead, Nebraska (USA)
Beijing Ancient Observatory 1442 Beijing, China
Belogradchik Observatory 1961 Belogradchik, Bulgaria
BeppoSAX (defunct) 1996-2003 Low Earth orbit
Bergisch Gladbach Observatory Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Berlin Observatory 1711 Germany
Besançon Observatory 1882 Besançon, France
Big Bear Lake Solar Observatory 1969 Big Bear City, California (USA)
Black Moshannon Observatory (defunct) Pennsylvania, (USA)
Bordeaux Observatory 1878 Floirac, France
Boswell Observatory (defunct) 1883 Crete, Nebraska, (USA)
Bowman Observatory 1940 Greenwich, Connecticut (USA)
Boyden Observatory 1889 Bloemfontein, South Africa
Bradstreet Observatory 1996 St. Davids, Pennsylvania (USA)
Bradley Observatory 1950 Decatur, Georgia (USA)
Braeside Observatory 1976 Flagstaff, Arizona (USA)
Brera Observatory 1764 Milan, Italy
Brooks Observatory Toledo, Ohio (USA)
Brooks Astronomical Observatory 1964 Mount Pleasant, Michigan (USA)
Brorfelde Observatory Holbæk, Denmark
Bucknell Observatory Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (USA)
Byurakan Observatory 1942 Mount Aragats, Armenia

C

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Name Established Location
Cagliari Observatory 1899 Cagliari, Sardinia
Calar Alto Observatory 1975 Almería, Spain
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Mauna Kea, Hawaii, (USA)
Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory Guarcino, Frosinone, (Italy)
Capilla Peak Observatory Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
Carter Observatory 1937 Wellington, New Zealand
Catania Astrophysical Observatory Catania, Italy
Celestial Observatory Russellville, Arkansas (USA)
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 1962 Atacama Desert, Chile
Cerro Pachón Observatory 2000 Atacama Desert, Chile
Chabot Space & Science Center 1883 Oakland, California (USA)
Chamberlin Observatory 1890 Denver, Colorado (USA)
Chandra X-ray Observatory 1999 Highly eccentric Earth orbit
Chico Community Observatory Chico, California (USA)
Cincinnati Observatory 1843 Cincinnati, Ohio (USA)
City Observatory, Edinburgh 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland
Clarke Observatory 1897 / 1923 Dunkirk, New York / Alliance, Ohio, (USA)
Coit Observatory Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Collm Observatory Leipzig, Germany
Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (defunct) 1991–2000 Low earth orbit
Concordia College Observatory Moorhead, Minnesota, (USA)
Copenhagen University Observatory 1861 Copenhagen, Denmark
Cordell-Lorenz Observatory Sewanee, Tennessee (USA)
COROT 2006 (planned) Polar orbit
Côte d'Azur Observatory 1988 France
Crane Observatory Topeka, Kansas (USA)
Crawford Observatory 1880 Cork, Ireland
Creighton University Observatory (defunct) 1886–1955 Omaha, Nebraska, (USA)
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 1945 Ukraine
Črni Vrh Observatory 1975 Idrija, Slovenia
Cupillari Observatory La Plume, Pennsylvania (USA)
Custer Observatory Southold, New York (USA)

D

David Dunlap Observatory
Name Established Location
Daniel Scholl Observatory (defunct) 1886–1966 Lancaster, Pennsylvania (USA)
Darling's Observatory (defunct) 1917 Duluth, Minnesota (USA)
Detroit Observatory 1854 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
David Dunlap Observatory 1935 Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada)
Dome C Antarctica
Dominion Observatory 1905 Ottawa, Ontario, (Canada)
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1947 Victoria, B.C., British Columbia (Canada)
Dunsink Observatory 1785 Dublin, Ireland
Dyer Observatory 1953 Brentwood, Tennessee (USA)

E

Effelsberg Radio Telescope
Name Established Location
Echo Valley Observatory Algonquin Park, Ontario (Canada)
Effelsberg Radio Telescope 1972 Bonn, Germany
Einstein Observatory (defunct) 1978 Low Earth orbit
Eskdalemuir Observatory 1908 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
European Southern Observatory
1962
  • 1969
  • 2005
  • 1999
 Atacama Desert, Chile

F

Fabra Observatory
Name Established Location
Fabra Observatory 1906 Barcelona, Spain
Fan Mountain Observatory 1966 Albemarle County, Virginia (USA)
Farm Cove Observatory 2000 Auckland, New Zealand
Félix Aguilar Observatory 1965 San Juan, Argentina
Fernbank Observatory Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Fick Observatory 1966 Boone, Iowa (USA)
Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory 1976 New Salem, Massachusetts (USA)
Flarestar Observatory San Gwann, Malta
Foggy Bottom Observatory 1951 Hamilton, New York (USA)
Foothill Observatory Los Altos Hills, California (USA)
Ford Observatory 1998 Ithaca, New York (USA)
Fox Observatory Sunrise, Florida (USA)
Fox Park Public Observatory 1999 Potterville, Michigan (USA)
Francis Marion University Observatory 1982 Florence, South Carolina (USA)
Fremont Peak Observatory 1986 San Juan Bautista, California (USA)
Frosty Drew Observatory 1980s Charlestown, Rhode Island (USA)
Fuertes Observatory 1920's Ithaca, New York (USA)

G

Griffith Observatory
Name Established Location
Gemini Observatory 1999 Southern Operations Center: La Serena, Chile; Northern Operations Center: Hilo, Hawaii
Gifford Observatory 1912 Wellington, New Zealand
Glen D. Riley Observatory 1973 Naperville, Illinois, (USA)
Godlee Observatory 1902 Manchester, England
Goodsell Observatory 1887 Northfield, Minnesota, (USA)
Goethe Link Observatory 1939 Brooklyn, Indiana (USA)
Goldendale Observatory 1973 Goldendale, Washington (USA)
Grant O. Gale Observatory 1984 Grinnell, Iowa (USA)
Green Bank Telescope Green Bank, West Virginia, (USA)
Griffith Observatory 1935 Los Angeles, California, (USA)
Guillermo Haro Observatory Sonora, Mexico

H

The Hubble Space Telescope
Name Established Location
Haggart Observatory 1989 Oregon City, Oregon, (USA)
HALCA (defunct) 1997–2005 Elliptical earth-centered orbit
Haleakala Observatory Maui, Hawaii, (USA)
Hamburg Observatory 1912 Bergedorf, Germany
Hancock Astrophysical Observatory San Juan Bautista, California, (USA)
Hat Creek Radio Observatory 1950s Shasta County, California, (USA)
Hard Labor Creek Observatory Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory 1974 Ithaca, New York (USA)
Harvard College Observatory 1839 Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)
Haute-Provence Observatory 1937 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Haystack Observatory 1964 Westford, Massachusetts, (USA)
Helsinki University Observatory 1834 Helsinki/Kirkkonummi, Finland
Herrett Observatory 2004 Twin Falls, Idaho (USA)
Herschel Space Observatory 2007 (planned) Earth-Sun L2 point
Hidden Valley Observatory 1960s Rapid City, South Dakota, (USA)
Hirsch Observatory 1942 Troy, New York, (USA)
Hobbs Observatory 1974 Fall Creek, Wisconsin (USA)
Hoher List Observatory 1954 Daun, Germany
Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium 1954 Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)
Hopkins Observatory 1838 Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA)
Howell Observatory Starkville, Mississippi, (USA)
Hradec Králové Observatory 1961 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Hubble Space Telescope 1990 Low Earth orbit
Hyde Memorial Observatory 1977 Lincoln, Nebraska, (USA)

I

The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes. Also shown is the Dutch Open Telescope, the Carlsberg Meridian Telescope and the Swedish Solar Telescope.
Name Established Location
Indian Astronomical Observatory 2001 Hanle, India
INTEGRAL 2002 Highly eccentric Earth orbit
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) (defunct) January-November 1983 Earth orbit
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) (defunct) 1995–1998 Earth orbit
Innsbruck Observatory Innsbruck, Austria
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes 1979 La Palma, Spain
Iso-Heikkilä Observatory (defunct) 1935 (only amateur use since 1972) Turku, Finland

J

Jantar Mantar at Jaipur
Name Established Location
James Webb Space Telescope 2013 (planned) Earth-Sun L2 Lagrangian point
Jantar Mantar 1727 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Jena Observatory 1962 Jena, Germany
Jewett Observatory 1953 Pullman, Washington (USA)
Jodrell Bank Observatory 1945 Cheshire, United Kingdom
Jones Observatory 1936 Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)

K

McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Name Established Location
Kamioka Observatory 1983 Hida, Gifu, Japan
Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory 1943 Villach, Austria
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory 1960 Jena, Germany
Keck Observatory 1993 Mauna Kea, Hawaii, (USA)
Keeble Observatory 1963 Ashland, Virginia (USA)
Kennon Observatory 1939 Oxford, Mississippi (USA)
Kepler Space Observatory 2008 (planned) Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit
Kirkwood Observatory 1901 Bloomington, Indiana (USA)
Kitt Peak National Observatory 1958 Tucson, Arizona (USA)
Kleť Observatory 1957 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory 1899 Palani, India
Konkoly Observatory 1871 Budapest, Hungary
Kvistaberg Observatory Sweden
Kyung Hee Observatory 1992 Seoul, South Korea

L

24" Clark Telescope Dome at Lowell Observatory
Name Established Location
Ladd Observatory 1891 Providence, Rhode Island (USA)
Lake Afton Public Observatory 1979 Wichita, Kansas (USA)
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl 1898 Königstuhl, Heidelberg, Germany
La Plata Astronomical Observatory 1883 La Plata, Argentina
La Silla Observatory 1969 Atacama Desert, Chile
Large Millimeter Telescope Sierra Negra, Mexico
Las Brisas Observatory 1979 Colorado, (USA)
Las Campanas Observatory La Serena, Chile
Laws Observatory 1880 Columbia, Missouri (USA)
Leander McCormick Observatory 1885 Mount Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)
Lee Observatory 1873 American University of Beirut, Beirut, (Lebanon)
Leiden Observatory 1633 Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Leipzig Observatory Leipzig, Germany
Leoncito Astronomical Complex 1986 Calingasta, San Juan, (Argentina)
Levenhagen Observatory Seattle, Washington (USA)
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory 2005 Atacama Desert, Chile
Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory 1970s Mèrida, Venezeula
Lick Observatory 1881 Mount Hamilton, San Jose, California (USA)
Lowell Observatory
1894
  • 1959
 Flagstaff, Arizona (USA)
Lund Observatory 1749 Lund, Sweeden
Lyon Observatory 1877 St Genis Laval, France

M

The 100" Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
Name Established Location
Macalester College Observatory Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Magdalena Ridge Observatory (under construction) 2006 Socorro County, New Mexico, (USA)
Manastash Ridge Observatory 1972 Ellensburg, Washington (USA)
Margaret M. Jacoby Observatory Warwick, Rhode Island (USA)
Maria Mitchell Observatory 1908 Nantucket, Massachusetts (USA)
Markree Observatory 1837 County Sligo, Ireland
Marseille Observatory Marseille, France
Martz Observatory Chautauqua County, New York (USA)
Mauna Kea Observatory 1967 Mauna Kea, Hawaii, (USA)
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Hawaii, (USA)
Maynard F. Jordan Observatory 1901 Orono, Maine (USA)
McDonald Observatory Davis Mountains, Texas, (USA)
McKim Observatory 1884 Greencastle, Indiana (USA)
McMath-Hulbert Solar Observatory 1930 Lake Angelus, Michigan (USA)
MDM Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona, (USA)
Mees Observatory Rochester, New York (USA)
Mehalso Observatory Erie, Pennsylvania (USA)
Melbourne Observatory 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melton Memorial Observatory 1928 Columbia, South Carolina (USA)
Mendenhall Observatory 2002 Stillwater, Oklahoma (USA)
Menke Observatory 1994 Davenport, Iowa, (USA)
Metsähovi Observatory 1966 Kirkkonummi, Finland
Meudon Observatory 1876 Meudon, France
Meyer-Womble Observatory 1996 Mount Evans, Colorado (USA)
Michigan State University Observatory 1969 East Lansing, Michigan (USA)
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
 
  • 1878
  • 1733
 Headquarters: Toulouse, France
Miller Observatory 1976 Maiden, North Carolina (USA)
MMT Observatory 1987 Mount Hopkins, Arizona, (USA)
Moletai Astronomical Observatory 1969 Moletai, Lithuania
Mont Mégantic Observatory 1978 Mont Mégantic, Québec, Canada
Moore Observatory 1978 Oldham County, Kentucky (USA)
Morris Observatory 1973 North Manchester, Indiana (USA)
Morrison Observatory Fayette, Missouri, (USA)
Mounds Observatory Tulsa, Oklahoma, (USA)
Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory Greenville, Delaware (USA)
Mount Graham International Observatory 1993 Mount Graham, Arizona, (USA)
Mount John University Observatory Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
Mount Laguna Observatory 1968 San Diego, California, (USA)
Mount Lemmon Observatory Tucson, Arizona, (USA)
Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory Tasmania
Mount Stromlo Observatory 1911 Canberra, Australia
Mount Suhora Observatory 1987 Poland
Mount Wilson Observatory 1904 Mount Wilson, Los Angeles County, California, (USA)
Mountain Skies Observatory Lyman, Wyoming (USA)
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory 1957 Cambridge, United Kingdom

N

Nice Observatory
Name Established Location
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 1988 Headquarters: Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) 1970 Baja California, Mexico
National Observatory of Athens 1846 Athens, Greece
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
1982 Headquarters: Tucson, Arizona, USA
National Optical Observatory Turkey
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
1957 Headquarters: Charlottesville, Virginia, (USA)
National Solar Observatory Sunspot, New Mexico (USA) & Kitt Peak, Arizona, (USA)
Naylor Observatory Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (USA)
Neuchâtel Observatory 1858 Neuchâtel,Switzerland
Nice Observatory 1879 Nice, France
Norman Lockyer Observatory 1912 Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
North Georgia Astronomical Observatory Dahlonega, Georgia (USA)
North Otago Astronomical Society Observatory Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Nyrölä Observatory 1997 Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland

O

Name Established Location
Oil Region Astronomical Observatory Venango County, Pennsylvania (USA)
Ondřejov Observatory 1898 Ondřejov, Czech Republic
Otter Creek Observatory 1995 Meade County, Kentucky (USA)
Owens Valley Radio Observatory Bishop, California, (USA)

P

Perth Observatory
Name Established Location
Palisades-Dows Observatory 1987 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (USA)
Palomar Observatory 1948 Palomar Mountain, California, (USA)
Panzano Observatory Bologna, Italy
Paranal Observatory 1999 Cerro Paranal, Atacama desert, Chile
Paris Observatory 1667 Paris, France
Parkes Observatory 1961 Parkes, Australia
Paul Robinson Observatory 1965 High Bridge, New Jersey (USA)
Perkins Observatory 1931 Delaware, Ohio (USA)
Perth Observatory 1896 Perth, Australia
Pic du Midi Observatory 1878 Pic du Midi, Pyrenees, France
Pico dos Dias Observatory 1981 Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pine Bluff Observatory 1958 Cross Plains, Wisconsin (USA)
Pine Mountain Observatory Bend, Oregon (USA)
Poznań Observatory 1919 Poznań, Poland
Pulkovo Observatory 1839 Pulkovskiye Heights, Russia
Purple Mountain Observatory Nanjing, China

R

Royal Greenwich Observatory
Name Established Location
Radcliffe Observatory 1772 Oxford, England. Moved to Durban, South Africa in 1939
Rainwater Observatory French Camp, Mississippi (USA)
Ralph A. Worley Observatory 1964 Shreveport, Louisiana (USA)
Rantaseppä-Helenius Farmyard Observatory 1963 Kevola, Finland
Red Barn Observatory H68 2006 Ty Ty, Georgia (USA)
Red Buttes Observatory 1994 Laramie, Wyoming (USA)
Riley Observatory 1974 Naperville, Illinois (USA)
RIT Observatory Rochester, New York (USA)
Robert Brownlee Observatory Lake Arrowhead, California (USA)
Robinson Observatory Orlando, Florida (USA)
Robotic Lunar Observatory 1995 Flagstaff, AZ (USA)
Rogers Observatory 1981 Traverse City, Michigan (USA)
Rolnick Observatory Westport, Connecticut (USA)
Rome Observatory Italy
Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1675 Greenwich, England
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh 1896 Edinburgh, Scotland
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory 1979 (officially inaugurated in 1985) La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Rozhen Observatory 1981 Peak Rozhen, Bulgaria.

S

Stockholm Observatory
Name Established Location
Shattuck Observatory 1854 Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)
Seven Hills Observatory 1996 Kearney, Nebraska, (USA)
Sherzer Observatory 1878 Ypsilanti, Michigan (USA)
Siding Spring Observatory Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia
Simeiz Observatory Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine
Sisk Observatory Mulberry, Kansas (USA)
Skalnaté Pleso Observatory 1953 Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
Skylab 1973 low Earth orbit; re-entered in 1979
Smith Observatory 1880s Beloit, Wisconsin (USA)
Sola Fide Observatory Austin, Minnesota (USA)
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) 1996 Earth-Sun L1 point
Sommers-Bausch Observatory 1949 Boulder, Colorado (USA)
Sonnenborgh Observatory 1853 Utrecht, Netherlands
Sonoma State Observatory 1976 Rohnert Park, California (USA)
South African Astronomical Observatory
1972
  • 2005
 Sutherland, South Africa
Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences Caucasus Mountains, Russia
Sperry Observatory 1967 Cranford, New Jersey (USA)
Spitzer Space Telescope 2003 Heliocentric orbit
Springwater Observatory 2005 Estacada, Oregon (USA)
Sproul Observatory Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (USA)
Stardome Observatory 1967 Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Starkenburg Observatory 1970 Heppenheim, Germany
Štefánik's Observatory 1928 Prague, Czech Republic
Steward Observatory
1916 Tucson, Arizona, (USA)
Stjerneborg 1581 Hven, Sweden
Stockholm Observatory 1749 Stockholm, Sweeden
Stokesville Observatory Virginia, (USA)
Strasbourg Observatory 1881 Strasbourg, France
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 2006 Boeing 747SP airliner
Stull Observatory 1966 Alfred, New York (USA)
Stuttgart Observatory 1920 Stuttgart, Germany
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 1999 Sudbury, Ontario, (Canada)
Sunriver Observatory Sunriver, Oregon (USA)
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission 2004 Low Earth orbit
Sydney Observatory 1858 Sydney, Australia

T

Name Established Location
Tacubaya Observatory 1882 Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory 1986 Taejon, South Korea
Tamke-Allen Observatory 1998 Roane County, Tennessee (USA)
Tartu Observatory 1964 Tartumaa, Estonia
Teide Observatory 1964 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Ten Acre Observatory Tribbey, Oklahoma (USA)
Texas A&M Astronomical Observatory College Station, Texas (USA)
Theodore Jacobsen Observatory 1895 Seattle, Washington, (USA)
Thompson Observatory 1968 Beloit, Wisconsin (USA)
Tuorla Observatory 1952 Piikkiö, Finland
Trieste Observatory Trieste, Italy
Turin Observatory 1759 Pino Torinese, Italy

U

Uraniborg
Name Established Location
Udaipur Solar Observatory Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
University of Alabama Observatory 1849 Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA)
University of North Alabama Observatory Florence, Alabama (USA)
University of London Observatory 1929 London, England
University of Maryland Observatory College Park, Maryland (USA)
University of New Hampshire Observatory Durham, New Hampshire (USA)
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory 1741 Uppsala, Sweden
Urania (Antwerp) Hove, Belgium
Urania (Berlin) Berlin, Germany
Urania (Vienna) 1909 Vienna, Austria
Urania Observatory (Zürich) 1907 Zürich, Switzerland
Uraniborg 1572 Hven, Sweden
U.S. Naval Observatory 1842
  • 1955
 Washington, D.C., (USA)

V

Very Large Array Radio Observatory
Name Established Location
Valongo Observatory 1924 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vainu Bappu Observatory Tamil Nadu, India
Van Vleck Observatory 1914 Middletown, Connecticut (USA)
Vanderbilt University Observatory Nashville, Tennessee (USA)
Vassar College Observatory 1865 Poughkeepsie, New York (USA)
Vatican Observatory
1891
  • 1993
 Headquarters: Castelgandolfo, Italy
Veen Observatory 1970 Lowell, Michigan (USA)
Vega-Bray Observatory 1990 Benson, Arizona (USA)
Vernonia Peak Observatory Oregon, (USA)
Very Large Array 1980 Socorro, New Mexico (USA)
Very Long Baseline Array 1993 Various locations
Vienna Observatory 1753 Vienna, Austria
Vilnius University Observatory 1753 Vilnius University, Lithuania
Višnjan Observatory 1978 Višnjan, Croatia

W

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Comet Hale-Bopp and Williams Observatory
Name Established Location
Warner Observatory 1882 Rochester, New York (USA)
Warner and Swasey Observatory 1919 Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Warren Rupp Observatory 1985 Mansfield, Ohio (USA)
Washburn Observatory 1881 Madison, Wisconsin (USA)
Weaver Student Observatory Monterey, California (USA)
Weitkamp Observatory 1955 Westerville, Ohio (USA)
Whipple Observatory 1968 Mount Hopkins, Arizona, (USA)
Whitin Observatory 1901 Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA)
Wilder Observatory Amherst, Massachusetts (USA)
Williams Observatory 1990 Boiling Springs, North Carolina (USA)
Winer Observatory 1983 Sonoita, Arizona (USA)
Winfree Observatory 1900 Lynchburg, Virginia (USA)
Wise Observatory 1971 Negev, Israel
Witte Observatory 1984 Mediapolis, Iowa (USA)
WIYN Observatory 1994 Kitt Peak, Arizona (USA)

X

Name Established Location
XMM-Newton 1999 Highly eccentric Earth orbit

Y

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The 40" refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory
Name Established Location
Yale Student Observatory New Haven, Connecticut (USA)
Yantra Mandir 1724 New Delhi, Delhi, India
Yerkes Observatory 1897 Williams Bay, Wisconsin (USA)
York University Observatory Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

Z

Name Established Location
Zimmerwald Observatory 1956 Zimmerwald, Switzerland

References

  1. ^ Chaisson, Eric (2002). Astronomy Today, Fourth Edition. Prentice Hall. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

See also

External links

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