Astronomical Databases


NASA Extragalactic Database - NED

SIMBAD
Vizier


Referred Journals

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
Astronomical Journal (AJ)
Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A)
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)


Optical Astronomical Observatories and Sites

European Southern Observatory - ESO , Paranal, Chile - (view with Google Map)
European Southern Observatory - ESO , La Silla, Chile - (view with Google Map)
Isaac Netwon Group (ING) - La Palma
Mauna Kea Observatories, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
South African Astronomical Observatory  - South Africa - (view with Google Map)
Anglo-Australian Observatory - Australia
Mc Donald Observatory - Texas, USA
Kitt Peak National Observatory - USA
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory - Chile
Apache Point Observatory  (Sloan Digital Sky Survey - SDSS) - USA
Mount Graham International Observatory , Arizona, USA
Mount Wilson Observatory, USA
Mount Palomar Observatory - USA
Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA) - Spain


Large Optical Telescopes

10.4m - Gran Telescopio Canarias - GTC (La Palma) - First Light (13.7.2007)
2x10m - Keck Observatory  (Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA)
9.2m - South African Large Telescope - SALT (SAAO, South Africa)
9.2m - Hobby Eberly Telescope - HET (McDonalds Observatory, USA)
2x8.4m - Large Binocular Telescope - LBT (Mount Graham, USA) - Not yet operational
8.3m - Subaru Telescope - NAOJ (Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA)
4x8.2m Very Large Telescope (Antu, KueyenMelipal,   Yepun )
2x8m - Gemini Observatory (Mauna Kea, Hawaii and Chile)
6.0m - Multi Mirror Telescope - MMT (Arizona, USA)
4.2m - William-Herschel-Telescope (ING, La Palma)
4.1m - Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope (Cerro Pachon, Chile)
3.6m - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope - CFHT (Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA)
3.6m - New Technology Telescope - NTT, La Silla, Chile


Dedicated Infrared Telescope

3.8m - United Kingdom Infrared Telescope - UKIRT (Mauna  Kea, Hawaii, USA)
1.4m - InfraRed Survey Facility - IRSF (SAAO, South Africa)
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility - IRTF (Hawaii, USA)


Space based Telescopes

Hubble Space Telescope
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
XMM-Newton X-Ray satellite
Spitzer IR Space Telescope
SOHO - Solar And Heliospheric Observatory


Radio Telescopes and Arrays

Very Large Array, Socorro, New Maxico, USA
Very Long Baseline Array, USA
Green Bank Telescope, USA
100m Effelsberg, Germany
Parkes Observatory, Australia
Australia Telescope National Facility
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa


Astronomical Data Archives

ESO Archive
HST Archive
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
ING Archive
Gemini Science Archive
UKIRT Archive
CFHT Archive
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive

Surveys

Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
Digitized Sky Survey (ESO) - STScI