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Websites and resources about Astronomy - International Facilities

The Anglo-Australian Observatory
The AAO operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes on behalf of the astronomical communities of Australia and the UK. Its function is to provide world-class observing facilities for British and Australian optical astronomers.
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk:80/AAO/

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
The CFH observatory hosts a world-class, 3.6 meter optical/infrared telescope. The mission of CFHT is to provide for its user community a versatile and state-of-the-art astronomical observing facility which is well matched to the scientific goals of that community and which fully exploits the potential of the Mauna Kea site.
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/

European Southern Observatory
An intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research, operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, Germany.
http://www.eso.org/

Calar Alto Observatory
The German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto is operated by the Max-Planck-Institut f%c3%bcr Astronomie in Heidelberg (Germany) and provides three telescopes with apertures of 1.23m, 2.2m, and 3.5m as well as a Schmidt reflector.
http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/Public/index_en.html

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
A complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located approximately 80 km to the east of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 meters.
http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ctio.html

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
on the island of La Palma in The Canary Islands. Details about the facilities offered on the 4.2-m William Herschel, 2.5-m Isaac Newton, 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn and Carlsberg Transit Circle Telescopes. Site also provides information related to activities of interest to amateur astronomers.
http://www.ing.iac.es/

The UK Schmidt Telescope
An Australian/UK funded Observatory.
http://www.aao.gov.au/ukst/

Telescopio Nationale Galileo (TNG)
TNG is the national facility of the Italian astronomical community, and is located at Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory (ORM). Full details about the observatory and surroundings, photo gallery, and information for visitors.
http://www.tng.iac.es/

Bradford Robotic Telescope Observatory
Find out what is happening at the Telescope Project. Tour the observatory and try out the telescope. Located in West Yorkshire, England.
http://www.telescope.org/

Gemini Observatory
Consists of two 8-m optical/IR telescopes, one in Hawaii and one in Chile.
http://www.gemini.edu/

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