Astronomical Observatories and Telescopes

Images showcase various astronomical observatories and radio telescopes at sunset and twilight, highlighting their large structures against vibrant skies.

Twin telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii Islands, Hawaii, USA

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The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

astronomical observatory dome in stars sky night

Subaru Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA

View from Mauna Kea Observatories (4200 meters). The summit hosts the world's largest astronomical observatory, with telescopes operated by astronomers from eleven countries.

USA, New Mexico, Plains of San Augustin. The 27 Very Large Array antennas that comprise an astronomical radio observatory.

Night sky and the Radio telescope dish at Algonquin Radio Observatory, Algonquin Provincial Park, Nipissing Township, Ontario, Canada

astronomical observatory dome in night with stars and glowing light

Californias NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photographer Carla Thomas takes photos on January 31 of the rare opportunity to capture a supermoon, a blue moon and a lunar eclipse at the same time. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is closer to Earth in its orbit and appearing 14 percent brighter than usual. As the second full moon of the month, this moon is also commonly known as a blue moon, though it will not be blue in appearance. The super blue moon passed through Earths shadow and took on a reddish tint, known as a blood moon. This total lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and a full moon form a near-perfect lineup in space. The Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow).

Radio telescope of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Owens Valley, Big Pine, California, USA

Spain, Canary Islands, La Palma Island, Parque Nacional Caldera de Taburiente national park, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Gran Telescopio Canario, GTC, one of the world's largest telescopes

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma Astrophysical Observatory, Telescopes, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

USA New Mexico Socorro Very Large Array worlds largest radio telescope VLA

Europe, Spain, Observatorio astrofisico del roque de los Muchachos on the rim of The Caldera de Taburiente

$Refractor at Pulkovo Observatory$

2000s ANONYMOUS SILHOUETTED MAN EXAMINING 30 METER GAMMA RAY REFLECTOR ON SUMMIT OF MOUNT HOPKINS ARIZONA USA

Telescope

star trails night stars meteo

Spain, Canary Islands, La Palma Island, Parque Nacional Caldera de Taburiente national park, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, Gran Telescopio Canario, GTC, one of the world's largest telescopes

Radio telescope and Moon

USA. Keck Observatory on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Scientists at Work with Atmospheric Balloon at Davis Research Station

Spain, Canary Islands, La Palma Island, Parque Nacional Caldera de Taburiente national park, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, The Florian Goebel MAGIC Telescopes

North America, USA, Fort Davis, Texas, McDonald Observatory Mount Locke, Harlan J. Smith Telescope, Otto Struve Telescope and large Format Imaging Telescope.

Radio telescope of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Owens Valley, Big Pine, California, USA

Solar thermal test facility at the Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Telescopes used for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays, H.E.S.S., High Energy Stereoscopic System, Farm Goellschau, Khomas Highland, Namibia, Africa

Silhouetted VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dishes

astronomical observatory indoor white dome blue sky window

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the sun sets over Space Launch Complex 576-E where technicians continue the process of joining NASA's Glory spacecraft with the Taurus XL rocket's third stage, housed inside a temporary processing tent near the pad.The Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL rocket will carry Glory into low Earth orbit. Once Glory reaches orbit, it will collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon. It also will help scientists understand how the sun's irradiance affects Earth's climate. Launch is scheduled for 5:09 a.m. EST Feb. 23. For information, visit www.nasa.gov/glory.

USA, NM, Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Chaco Culture staff gives slide lecture while awaiting full darkness for telescope use. Extremely low light pollution makes excellent sky viewing

Unit Telescopes And Auxiliary Telescopes Belonging To The Very Large Telescope (Vlt) On The Platform Operated By The European Southern Observatory At ...

Telescope inside Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ

Radio telescope satellite dishes of the Very Large Array, New Mexico, USA

France, Centre Val de Loire, Cher department, Nancay, astronomie center

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, La Palma Astrophysical Observatory, Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC), La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

Magic telescope, worlds largest IACT mirror telescope, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope, 17m diameter, Observatorio Astrofisico, astronomy, astrophysics, observatory, Roque de los Muchachos, Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Biosphere 2 Research Center Oracle Arizona USA

Stars shine above Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, USA.

Geologic instrument on lava, Vesuvius, Italy, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Largest synthesis radio telescope in the world in Westerbork. June 18, 1970. Drenthe, Westerbork

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma Astrophysical Observatory, Telescopes, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

USA, Fort Davis, Texas, McDonald Observatory Mount Locke, Harlan J. Smith Telescope, Otto Struve Telescope and large Format Imaging Telescope.

Astronomical observatory telescope indoor blue sky

$Refracting Telescope for astronomy$

USA, Hawaii, Mauna Kea, Observatories at Mauna Kea Science Reserve

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, La Palma Astrophysical Observatory, Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC), La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma Astrophysical Observatory, the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain, Europe

The Sodium Guidestar at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate's Starfire Optical Range. Researchers with AFRL use the Guidestar laser for real-time, high-fidelity tracking and imaging of satellites too faint for conventional adaptive optical imaging systems. The ranges world-class adaptive optics telescope is the second largest telescope in the Defense Department.

Haughton-Mars Project -

Solar heliostat concentrating the sun’s rays to produce electricity in nevada

Doppler Weather Radar; located in Norman; Oklahoma. 1973;

France, Centre Val de Loire, Cher department, Nancay, astronomie center

Indian Springs, Nevada , Nuclear weapons testing, Weather, Measuring, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Hanksville, Utah, Researchers simulate living on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station. A 15 kW solar system provides electricity to the station

Solar eclipse observing with telescope. Telescope with solar filter

A weather station sits in the clouds while two figures work on scientific measurements for climate change studies.

astronomical observatory under the night sky stars. hyperlapse astronomical observatory under the night sky stars. hyperlapse Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxRishnyakx 14361558

Aerial photo PSA, Plataforma Solar de Almeria, center for the research of solar energy by the DLR, German Aerospace Center, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain

Large heliostat, centre for exploration of solar energy, Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Tabernas Desert, Almeria Province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Bob Ballard Exploration

Gibbous moon, television antenna

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Radio telescope, person in the foreground, Max-Planck-Institute for radio astronomy, Bad Muenstereifel-Effelsberg, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Panoramic image of Science City observatories at the top of Haleakala volcano on Maui

The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov will replace the Expedition 9 crew of Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, while Shargin will conduct eight days of scientific experiments. He will return to earth with the Expedition 9 crew October 24.

Arecibo Observatory, Radio Telescope, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A morning hailstorm at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California leaves in its wake a rainbow over Space Launch Complex 2 where the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, is being prepared for launch in the mobile service tower. Launch is scheduled for July 1, 2014. The observatory will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and provide scientists with a better idea of the chemical compound's impacts on climate change. Scientists will analyze this data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important atmospheric gas.

A biosphere

Contrails are seen as workers leave the Launch Control Center after the launch of the space shuttle Discovery and the start of the STS-131 mission at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday April 5, 2010. Discovery is carrying a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks for the laboratories aboard the station. The mission has three planned spacewalks, with work to include replacing an ammonia tank assembly, retrieving a Japanese experiment from the stations exterior, and switching out a rate gyro assembly on the stations truss structure.

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Aerial View of Davis Research Station

S65-29655 (7 May 1965) --- Astronauts James A. McDivitt (left) and Edward H. White II, Gemini-4 prime crew, are shown looking over training plans at Cape Kennedy during prelaunch preparations. The NASA Headquarters alternative photo number is 65-H-275.

Aerial view of NASA Langley Research Center west side

A sign at an overlook, named Rocket Hill, helps viewers identify the various facilities of the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC), including launch pad 1 that will be used Feb. 28, 2014 for the launch of an H-IIA rocket carrying the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, Tanegashima Island, Japan. The NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

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