Directory of Optical and Infrared Resources

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This category lists sites especially for astronomical observatories with optical and infrared capability.

Subcategories

• Future Observatories
• Herschel Space Observatory
• Hubble Space Telescope
• International Facilities
• Large Telescopes

Resources in This Category

• Apache Point Observatory

  http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/
  Consists of 3.5 meter, 2.5 meter, and 1.0 meter with projects, schedules, observing aids, and information for each.

• Berkeley Automated Imaging Telescopes

  http://astron.berkeley.edu/~bait/
  Information for the Leuschner Berkeley and the Katzman automatic imaging equipment.

• Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope

  http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/telescopes/coast/
  A multi-element optical interferometer with baselines of up to 100 meters, designed to observe stars with angular resolution as high as one thousandth of one arcsecond.

• Carnegie Observatories

  http://obs.carnegiescience.edu/
  Information for observers, calendar, publications and libraries, seminars and conferences, fellowship program, and links.

• InfraRed Telescope Facility

  http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/
  General information, observing information, instrumentation, facility systems, photo gallery, news, and links.

• Kitt Peak National Observatory

  http://www.noao.edu/kpno/
  General information, image gallery, facility schedule, documentation, observation information, documentation, and electronic forms and tools.

• Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope

  http://www.lamost.org
  Information, news, events and technical reports, documents, gallery, and links.

• Lowell Observatory

  http://www.lowell.edu/
  Research, education and outreach, mission, star tales, and links.

• Mount Laguna Observatory

  http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/
  Facilities, equipment and instrumentation information, virtual tour, site map, CCD camera laboratory and production, and resources.

• Mount Wilson Observatory

  http://www.mtwilson.edu/
  Projects, outreach and education, history, FAQ, news, and links.

• National Optical Astronomy Observatory

  http://www.noao.edu/
  Information, news, resources, outreach programs, gallery, observing information, software, and newsletter and reports.

• Sloan Digital Sky Survey

  http://www.sdss.org/
  A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars. Data links, questions and answers, image gallery, project tour, news, archive, publications, and links.

• Spitzer Space Telescope

  http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
  General information, articles, downloads, equipment information, news, and links.

• Steward Observatory

  http://www.as.arizona.edu/
  Equipment information, projects, calendar, talks, news, and links.

• Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

  http://www.sofia.usra.edu/
  News and updates, education and public outreach, research information, and galleries.

• Tenagra Observatories

  http://www.tenagraobservatories.com/
  Operations, commercial time, facilities and equipment information, sites, discoveries, articles, and links.

• The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics

  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca.html
  Mission characteristics, science highlight, and archive.

• University of Wyoming Infrared Observatory

  http://physics.uwyo.edu/~chip/wiro/
  The WIRO 2.3-meter telescope is located near the summit of Jelm Mt. Includes information on its optical design, structure, the dome enclosure and observing.

• Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy

  http://www.vista.ac.uk/
  Consortium, science committee, project office, and downloads.

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