Astronomy: Telescopes
Telescopes
- Hubble Space Telescope
NASA's site for Hubble Space Telescope information.
- Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope provides space images in the infrared spectrum.
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory provides extra-terrestrial observation of space through the X-ray (high energy) spectrum.
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
Kitt Peak, near Tucson, AZ, is the home of three major visible-spectrum telescopes.
- Very Large Array
The Very Large Array is a series of large antennas used for space observation in the radio spectrum.
- Keck Observatory
The Keck Observatory is home to two large telescopes, optical and infrared, on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano.
- Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI)
Located on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore, MD, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI) is a major research center for space telescopy, particularly the Hubble and James Webb Telescopes.
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