Top:Science:Astronomy:Telescopes

• Observatories@

• 150-Foot Solar Tower at the Mount Wilson Observatory
• ATM Page - A WWW Resource for Amateur Telescope Making.
• Automated Telescope Facility
• Bradford Robotic Telescope - remotely operate a robotic telescope...
• Chesser CCD Cookbook Camera Page - Contains Astronomy CCD images, as well as computer generated space art.
• GLAST: Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope - A proposed orbiting instrument for observing high-energy gamma rays.
• Hobby*Eberly Telescope - new 9.2-meter telescope presently under construction in partnership with University of Texas, Penn State, Stanford, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitt Mnchen, and Georg-August Universitt in Gttingen.
• Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• How to Choose a Quality Telescope for Under $500.00 - Shows what types of telescopes can be purchased for $500.00, and which to avoid. Planetary images included.
• Hubble Space Telescope (19)
• Liquid Mirror Telescopes at UBC - A page on Liquid Mirror Technology
• Mark VandeWettering's Home Planet - Contains information of use to the amateur astronomer and telescope builder.
• Material Properties - Conversion factors, material properties and constants related to telescope design.
• Mura-Based Coded-Mask Telescope (MASCO) - A balloon-born imaging telescope for observations of celestial soucers in the X-ray band is described. The imaging capability is provided by a coded-mask.
• Prometheus II All Sky Survey - PASS gamma ray telescope. Our goal is to prepare the first map of the entire sky at the wavelengths of nuclear astronomy.
• Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
• Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy - SOFIA will be a 747 carrying a 2.5m Infrared Telescope for research & educational/public outreach.
• UC Santa Barbara Remotely Operated Telescope - A public access educational tool to assist and encourage new students to study science.
• Weasner's Meade ETX Page - the Meade ETX astronomical telescope from a user's perspective.
• FAQ - Purchasing Amateur Telescopes - sci.astro.amateur's Guide to Purchasing Amateur Telescopes