compiled by Hartmut Frommert
This file is also available in a plain text version.
Thanks to Chris Lewicki, this file has finally found a very good home on the famous ftp server ftp.seds.org, now available as a web archive; this copy is available in /pub/info/obs-ims.txt on that server. Formerly, it could be accessed as follows:
David Malin Images, e-mail: photo@aaoepp.aao.gov.au phone +61 (0)2 9997 1914: fax +61 (0)2 9940 2229 http://www.members.optushome.com.au/dmalin/dmi_index.htmlHigh-resolution computer images are available on CD-ROM, e.g. from ASP and Sky Publishing Corporation.
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie Königstuhl 17 D-69117 Heidelberg, Germanyalso available from
Baader Planetarium GmbH Zur Sternwarte D-82291 Mammendorf, Germany Ph. +49-8145/8802, Fax +49-8145/8805
European Southern Observatory Information Service Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 D-85740 Garching, Germany Ph. +49-89/32006-276, Fax +49-89/3202362Computer images from the ESO/MPI 2.2m may be obtained from
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/, ftp://crux.astr.ua.edu/web/gifimages/
http://www.gco.org.au/ ftp: ftp://ftp.netsys.com/ccd/images/More images of the GCO are available thanks to Bill Arnett, on the SEDS server:
http://astro.nineplanets.org/gco/intro.html http://files.seds.org/pub/images/deepspace/gco/ (direct access)
California Institute of Technology Bookstore Mail Code 1-51 Pasadena, Calif. 91125, USAMost were also available from Hansen Planetarium.
Computer images are available from the internet:
{http,ftp}://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/{gif,jpeg,tiff}/and many mirrors, some more (i.e. others) also from
ftp://ftp-hst.ast.cam.ac.uk/pub/pictures/(this server also has the same and older files from stsci.edu in /pub/hst/)
All HST images become PD after 2 years (most after about 1), but then are available only as raw data, which may be accessed by
telnet: stesis.hq.eso.org, login STARCAT, select CAT then HSTinfo via:
http://www.stsci.edu/archive.html (STScI's archive) http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/CADC-homepage.html (CADC's archive) http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/ (ST-ECF's archive) http://ecf.hq.eso.org/ST-ECF-homepage.html
Computer images of the KPNO 2.1m and CTIO 1.5m are av from
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/ ftp://crux.astr.ua.edu/web/gifimages/
Lick Observatory OP, University of California Santa Cruz, Calif. 95064, USAA color slide set and a booklet was available from Hansen Planetarium.
Computer images are available from the University of Alabama Astronomy Dept.:
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/ ftp://crux.astr.ua.edu/web/gifimages/
Slides, slide sets, prints and posters, including astronomical, are available from various sources, including ASP, Hansen Planetarium, Planetarium Armagh, Holiday Film Corporation, and many others. E.g., the ASP has astronomical photos from spacecraft/mission: UIT/Shuttle, Compton, Cobe.
There are VERY large collections of computer images on the internet of all manned (http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/, mirrored at http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/pao.htm) and the major unmanned space missions, including the astronomy missions; for example:
HST (see: Hubble Space Telescope) UIT: http://trifle.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/Some major general NASA internet servers with images:
ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/space/ ftp://ftp.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/images/, http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa.gov/For an overview of astronomical satellites, see also
http://spider.seds.org/oaos/oaos.html
ASP: The Radio Universe (40 slides # AS 299) The Radio Universe, Best of VLA (30 slides # AS 231)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific 390 Ashton Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112, USA Phone: +1-415-337-2624, Toll free (U.S. only): 800-335-2624 Fax: +1-415-337-5205 URL: http://www.astrosociety.org/ email: asp@astrosociety.org (customer correspondence)
The Hansen Planetarium 1845 South 300 West,#A Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, USA Phone: +1-801-483-5400, Toll free (USA only): 800-321-2369 Fax: +1-801-483-5484URL: http://www.utah.edu/Planetarium/Publications.html
Holiday Film Corporation P.O.Box 619 12607 E. Philadelphia St. Whittier, CA 90608, USA URL: http://finley-holiday.com/
The Armagh Planetarium, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DB, Northern Ireland, U.K. Fax: +44 (0)861 52 6187 URL: http://www.armagh-planetarium.co.uk/
Sky Publishing Corporation, Phone: +1-617-864-7360, Toll free (USA only): 800-253-0245 Fax: +1-617-864-6117 email: orders@skypub.com URL: http://www.skypub.com/
Space Images 2934 Abercorn Dr. San Antonio, TX 78247 Phone: +1-800-877-8915, +1-210-499-4504 Fax: +1-603-452-6246 URL: http://www.spaceimages.com/
Since I wished that this list should increase and get comprehensive one day, please notify me if you know of other observatories that released photos. If you are in the position, you are also "encouraged to encourage" your observatory to make photos publicly available. Also, corrections and other sources info are welcome.