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Facilities Available through NOAO

NOAO serves as the astronomical community's gateway to the following resources in the US ground-based optical/infrared observing system.

For specific information on the telescopes and instruments offered through the proposal process in the upcoming observing period, please see the latest available facilities page.

Telescopes in the U.S. System Coordinated by NOAO:

• Gemini North and South 8-m Telescopes:

  • Applying for U.S. Observing Time with Gemini
  • United States Gemini Program
  • International Gemini Observatory
  
  

• Keck-I and Keck-II 10-m Telescopes

  • Community-access Time on the Keck Telescopes
  • W.M Keck Observatory -- Observer Information
  
  

• Hobby-Eberly Telescope:

  • Community-access Time on the HET
  • About the HET
  • HET Phase II Instructions
  
  

• Magellan-I and Magellan-II Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory:

  • Community-access Time on the Magellan Telescopes
  • Magellan Instruments
  
  

• MMT Observatory 6.5-m Telescope:

  • Community-access Time on the MMT
  • MMT Instruments
  
  

• Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory:

  • Telescopes at CTIO
  • Optical Imagers and peripherals (CCDs, Photometers, filters, etc.)
  • Optical Spectrographs
  • Infrared Instruments (IR Spectrographs, Detectors, filters, etc.)
  • CCDs at CTIO
  • Telescopes and Instruments -- The Future
  
  

• Kitt Peak National Observatory:

  • Telescopes and Instruments
  • WIYN Information
  • CCD Imaging Options
  • Spectroscopic Capabilities
  • Telescope and Instrument Documentation
  • CCD and IR Detector Characteristics
  • Filter Information
  
  

Solar Facilities

• The National Solar Observatory operates several solar telescopes on Kitt Peak in Arizona and on Sacramento Peak in New Mexico. Check their website for observing opportunities in solar physics.

NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. Last updated Feb 2 2005

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