astronomical observatory

An astronomical observatory is a facility equipped with specialized instruments and structures designed to observe, record, and analyze celestial objects and phenomena.

Aliases (31)

• space telescope ×15
• planetarium ×12
• ground-based telescope ×11
• artificial satellite ×9
• NASA space observatory ×7
• astronomical observatory site ×6
• radio telescope array ×5
• space observatory ×5
• particle physics detector ×4
• radio astronomy observatory ×3
• radio observatory ×3
• ESO facility ×2
• X-ray observatory ×2
• astronomical observation site ×2
• gamma-ray observatory ×2
• ground-based observatory ×2
• observatory complex ×2
• solar observatory ×2
• airborne astronomy program ×1
• astronomical name ×1
• astronomical observatory operations ×1
• astronomical observatory telescope ×1
• astronomy research infrastructure ×1
• astrophysics laboratory facilities ×1
• infrared astronomy facility operations ×1
• infrared observatory ×1
• mountain observatory site ×1
• public observatory ×1
• radio telescope observatory ×1
• survey telescope ×1
• telescope facility ×1

Instances (144)

• La Silla Observatory
• Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
• Gemini South Observatory
• Magellan I via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Vanguard 1 satellite via concept surface "artificial satellite"
  surface form: "Vanguard 1"
• Mauna Kea via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• Allen Telescope Array via concept surface "radio telescope array"
• Yerkes Observatory
• Tara Mandir Planetarium via concept surface "planetarium"
• Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
• Magellan Clay Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Magellan Telescopes via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Subaru via concept surface "astronomical name"
• Forward Multiplicity Detector via concept surface "particle physics detector"
• SOFIA airborne observatory operations via concept surface "astronomical observatory operations"
• Las Campanas, Chile via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory via concept surface "radio astronomy observatory"
• Green Bank Observatory via concept surface "radio astronomy observatory"
• Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array via concept surface "radio telescope array"
• Paranal Observatory
• Hayden Planetarium via concept surface "planetarium"
• Very Large Telescope
• Cerro Manqui via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. via concept surface "planetarium"
  surface form: "Adler Planetarium"
• United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
  surface form: "United States Naval Observatory"
• Saint Louis Science Center via concept surface "planetarium"
• Carnegie Observatories
• CMS via concept surface "particle physics detector"
• National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico)
• Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
  surface form: "Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de San Pedro Mártir"
• University of Tartu Old Observatory
• Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw
• NEOSSat via concept surface "space telescope"
• Vera C. Rubin Observatory
• SCISAT-1 via concept surface "artificial satellite"
• Spitzer Space Telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• Arecibo Observatory via concept surface "radio telescope observatory"
• Adler Planetarium via concept surface "planetarium"
• Las Campanas Observatory
• Mamalluca Observatory
• Pangue Observatory
• SOHO mission via concept surface "space observatory"
  surface form: "SOHO"
• Pic du Midi de Bigorre via concept surface "astronomical observation site"
• Soviet space program via concept surface "artificial satellite"
  surface form: "Sputnik 1"
• Thirty Meter Telescope via concept surface "ground-based observatory"
• Goodsell Observatory
• European Extremely Large Telescope via concept surface "ground-based observatory"
• Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
• Griffith Observatory via concept surface "public observatory"
• Round Tower
• Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam
• Owens Valley Radio Observatory via concept surface "radio observatory"
• Dark Sky Island via concept surface "astronomical observation site"
• San Gabriel Mountains
  surface form: "Mount Wilson Observatory"
• Planetarium Science Center via concept surface "planetarium"
• New Technology Telescope via concept surface "astronomical observatory telescope"
• NTT 3.58 m Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Yale Department of Astronomy facilities via concept surface "astronomy research infrastructure"
• La Silla mountain via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• MPG/ESO 2.2 m Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory via concept surface "ESO facility"
• CDF detector via concept surface "particle physics detector"
• Baade Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Kepler space telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• DØ detector via concept surface "particle physics detector"
• Frost Museum of Science via concept surface "planetarium"
• SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Max Adler via concept surface "planetarium"
  surface form: "Adler Planetarium"
• IXPE X-ray Polarimetry Explorer via concept surface "space observatory"
  surface form: "IXPE"
• NICER Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer via concept surface "space telescope"
  surface form: "NICER"
• GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer via concept surface "space telescope"
  surface form: "GALEX"
• Hubble Space Telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Chandra X-ray Observatory via concept surface "space telescope"
• Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory via concept surface "space telescope"
• SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"
• Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite via concept surface "space telescope"
• NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array via concept surface "space telescope"
  surface form: "NuSTAR"
• CTIO
• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• Cerro Pachón via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• Maryland Science Center via concept surface "planetarium"
• Gemini North Observatory
• 1958 Beta 2 via concept surface "artificial satellite"
• Very Large Array radio telescope (near Magdalena) via concept surface "radio telescope array"
  surface form: "Very Large Array"
• Gaia observatory via concept surface "space telescope"
• Solar Dynamics Observatory via concept surface "solar observatory"
• Herschel Space Observatory via concept surface "space telescope"
• Sputnik 1 via concept surface "artificial satellite"
• Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope via concept surface "radio telescope array"
  surface form: "Very Large Array"
• Planck spacecraft via concept surface "space observatory"
• James Webb Space Telescope via concept surface "space telescope"
• Sputnik 2 via concept surface "artificial satellite"
• Explorer 1 via concept surface "artificial satellite"
• Morehead Planetarium and Science Center via concept surface "planetarium"
• W. M. Keck Observatory
• Mauna Kea Science Reserve via concept surface "astronomical observatory site"
• Submillimeter Array
• ATA via concept surface "radio telescope array"
  surface form: "Allen Telescope Array"
• Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
• Hat Creek Radio Observatory via concept surface "radio observatory"
• Giant Magellan Telescope via concept surface "ground-based telescope"