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WET Master List
Other Observatories


Sheet 1: WET Master List

Tag Institution Affiliation Telescope(s) Location Long
(W neg)
Lat Contact Name Email Phone
CHFT Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Joint Operations Facility 3.6 m (142 in) Waimea, HI, USA -155.0 20.0


M.Kea Mauna Kea Observatories Hawaii Astronomy Center 0.6 m (24 in) Big Island, HI, USA -155.0 20.0


LCOGTN Las Cumbres Observatory Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network 1 m (39 in) Based in Goleta, CA, USA; network of global robotic telescopes -119.0 35.0


KPNO Kitt Peak National Observatory NOAO and AURA 4 m (157 in)
2.1 m (83 in)
1.5 m (59 in)
1.3 m (51 in)
0.9 m (35 in)
Kitt Peak, AZ, USA -111.0 32.0


SARA Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy Observatory Consortium of 16 colleges and universities 0.9 m
0.6 m
1.0m
Kitt Peak
CTIO
Canary Islands
-111.0 32.0


SOLM Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon & Mt. Bigelow U. of Arizona 1.5 m (59 in)
1.0 m (24 in)
Tucson, Arizona -111.0 32.2


McD McDonald Observatory U. of Texas 2.1 m (83 in) Davis Mts., Austin, TX, USA -104.0 31.0


CTAS Meyer Observatory Central Texas Astronomical Society (CTAS) 0.6 m (24 in) Temple, TX, USA -97.0 31.0


SWMS Baker Observatory Southwest Missouri State U. 0.4 m (16 in)
0.36 m (14 in)
Marshfield, Missouri -93.0 37.0


Mt. Cuba Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory (MCAO) U. of Delaware 0.6 m (24 in) Mt. Cuba, DE, USA -76.0 40.0 Judith Provencal

CTIO Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory NOAO, NSF OIR Lab 0.9 m (35 in) La Serena, Chile -70.0 -30.0


SOAR Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope Consortium of several countries including USA 4.1 m (161 in) Cerro Pachón, Chile -70.0 -30.0


ESO European Southern Observatory 13 Countries (Member States) 3.6 m (142 in)
2.2 m (87 in)
1.5 m (59 in)
1.2 m (79 in)
La Silla, Chile -70.0 -29.0


UFRGS Morro Santana Observatory Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul 0.5 m (20 in) Porto Alegre, Brazil -51.0 -30.0


OPD Pico dos Dias Observatory National Astrophysical Laboratory of Brazil 1.6 m (63 in)
0.6 m (24 in)
Minas, Gerais, Brazil -45.0 -22.0


NOT Nordic Optical Telescope Funded by Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and (since 1997) Iceland 2.7 m (106 in) Garafía on island La Palma, Canary Islands -18.0 29.0


ORM El Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory (including The Isaac Newton and the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescopes) Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries 10.4 m (410 in)
1.0 m (39 in)
Garafía on island La Palma, Canary Islands -18.0 29.0


TOC Teide Observatory Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries 1 m (39 in)
0.8 m (31 in)
0.5 m (20 in)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain -16.0 28.0


CAO Calar Alto Observatory Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) Heidelberg, Germany & Institute of Astrophysics Andalucía (CSIC) Granada/Spain 3.5 m (138 in)
2.2 m (87 in)
1.23 m (48 in)
Andalucía, Southern Spain -2.0 37.0


PDM Pic du Midi Astronomical Observatory Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse 1 m (39 in)
0.6 m (24 in)
France 0.8 43.0


Toulouse Toulouse Observatory Academy of Science, Inscriptions and the Humanities of Toulouse 0.8 m (31 in) Toulouse, France 1.0 44.0


OHP Haute-Provence Observatory Center for National Research/Science (CNRS) 1.93 m (76 in)
1.52 m (60 in)
1.2 m (47 in)
0.8 m (31 in)
Pyrenees, France 5.0 43.0


Tueb Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IAAT) University of Tubingen 0.8 m (31.5 in) Tübingen, Germany 9.0 48.0


Horten Horten Astronomical Observatory Horten Videregaende Skole, Norway 0.5 m
0.46 m
0.68 m
Horten, Norway 10.5 59.4


Naples Astronomical Observatory di Caodimonte National Institute for Astrophysics 0.4 m (16 in)
1.54 m (61 in)
Naples, Italy 14.0 41.0


Vienna Vienna Observatory U. of Vienna 0.68 m (27 in) Refractor Vienna, Austria 16.0 48.0


HAS Konkoly Observatory Astrophysical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1 m (39 in)
0.5 m (20 in)
Budapest, Piszkesteto Mts., Hungary 20.0 48.0


Krakow Mt. Suhora Observatory Pedagogical University of Krakow 0.6 m (24 in) Gorce Mts., Koninki, Poland 20.0 49.0


SAAO South African Astronomical Observatory National Research Foundation of South Africa 1 m (39 in) Sutherland, South Africa 20.0 -32.0


BOL Bologna Astronomical Observatory Bologna University 1.52 m (60 in) 0.6 m (24 in) Loiano, Italy 20.0 44.0


Vilnius Moletai Astronomical Observatory Vilnius University 1.5 m (59 in) Vilnius, Lithuania 25.0 55.0


ASUK Main Astronomical Observatory National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 1 m (39 in) 0.6 m (24 in) Kiev, Ukraine 30.0 50.0


Wise Wise Observatory Tel Aviv University 1 m (39 in) Tel Aviv, Israel 34.0 30.0


Terskol Peak Terskol Observatory Institute of Astronomy Russian Academy of Sciences 2 m (79 in) Kabardino, Russia 42.0 43.0


UBAI (Maid) Maidanak Observatory Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute 1.5 m (59 in)
1.0 m (39 in)
0.6 m (24 in)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 67.0 39.0


TSAO Tien Shan Observatory Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute 1.0m (39 in) Kazakhstan 76.9 43.0


MAO Mt. Abu Observatory, Infrared
1.2 m (47 in) Ahmedabad, India 72.0 24.0


VBO Vainu Bappu Observatory Indian Institute of Astrophysics 1 m (39 in) 2.3 m (90.5 in) Javadi Hills, India 78.0 12.0


BAO Beijing Astronomical Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences 2.1 m (83 in) Beijing, China 117.0 40.0


NAOC National Astronomical Observatory of China Chinese Academy of Sciences 0.6 m (24 in)
0.85 m (34 in)
2.16 m (85 in)
Beijing, China 118.0 40.0


Lulin Lulin Observatory Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan. 1 m (39 in) Mt. Lulin, central Taiwan 120.0 23.0


NCU National Central University Observatory National Central University 1 m (39 in)
0.5 m (20 in)
Taoyuan, Taiwan 121.0 23.0


BOAO Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute 1.8 m (71 in) Daejeon, Republic of Korea  129.0 36.0


MSSSO Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatories Australian National University 3.9 m (154 in)
2.3 m (90.5 in)
2 m (79 in)
Australia 149.0 -31.0


MJUO Mt. John University Observatory U. of Canterbury 1 m (39 in) Christchurch, New Zealand 170.0 -44.0



Sheet 2: Other Observatories

Tag Institution Affiliation Telescope(s) Location Long
(W neg)
Lat Contact Name Email Phone
OSLO University of Oslo Observatory Univerisity of Oslo ? Oslo, Norway 10.0 60.0