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:

1. Anon ftp, including FTP-Mail, e.g. to: ftpmail@seds.org
2. Gopher to www.seds.org, go to "ftp | pub | info | obs-ims"
3. On a WWW client, the URL is " http://files.seds.org/pub/info/obs-ims.txt", or " http://spider.seds.org/obs-ims.txt"

Observatories:

Anglo Australian Observatory and UK Schmidt Telescope:

Great selection (computer images, slides, prints), many by David Malin
Slide sets, prints, transparencies, posters are available from ASP, Hansen Planetarium, Planetarium Armagh, and others, or

    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.html
  

High-resolution computer images are available on CD-ROM, e.g. from ASP and Sky Publishing Corporation.
Low-resolution computer images are available from the internet: http://www.aao.gov.au/, ftp://ftp.aao.gov.au/pub/dfm_images/
(mirrored e.g. at: http://files.seds.org/pub/images/deepspace/AAT/)

Calar Alto German-Spain Observatory:

Some slides. 2 sets of 6 slides each are available from the

    Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
    Königstuhl 17
    D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
  

also available from

    Baader Planetarium GmbH
    Zur Sternwarte
    D-82291 Mammendorf, Germany
    Ph. +49-8145/8802, Fax +49-8145/8805
  

Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

(see: Kitt Peak National Observatory)

ESA and European spacecraft:

Several slides from selected missions. E.g., the ASP has astronomical photos from spacecraft: ROSAT (28, #AS 222), had IRAS

ESO:

Several slides and posters. Available from their operation center in Munich

    European Southern Observatory
    Information Service
    Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
    D-85740 Garching, Germany
    Ph. +49-89/32006-276, Fax +49-89/3202362

Computer images from the ESO/MPI 2.2m may be obtained from

    http://crux.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/,
    ftp://crux.astr.ua.edu/web/gifimages/

Grove Creek Observatory:

Great selection (computer images). Computer images are available via the internet:

    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)

Hale Observatories:

Great Selection (slides, prints). Individual slides, slide sets, prints and posters available from

    California Institute of Technology Bookstore
    Mail Code 1-51
    Pasadena, Calif. 91125, USA

Most were also available from Hansen Planetarium.

Hubble Space Telescope:

Great Selection (computer images, slides). Slide sets are available from the ASP, Sky Publishing, Holiday Film Corporation

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 HST

info 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

Keck Observatory:

Some slides (ok, it's quite new :-)). ASP: The Keck Telescope (20 slides, # AS 225)

Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), and NOAO:

Great Selection (slides, prints). Individual slides, slide sets, prints and posters were available from Hansen Planetarium.

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:

Great Selection (slides, prints). Slides and prints are available individually or in sets, from

    Lick Observatory OP, University of California
    Santa Cruz, Calif. 95064, USA

A color slide set and a booklet was available from Hansen Planetarium.

Lowell Observatory:

Some slides and computer images slides are available from their visitor's center, some in ASP series.

Computer images are available from the University of Alabama Astronomy Dept.:

    http://crux.astr.ua.edu/gifimages/
    ftp://crux.astr.ua.edu/web/gifimages/

McDonald Observatory:

Some slides and prints from their visitor's center

Mount Wilson Observatory

(see Hale Observatories)

NASA:

Huge collection (10,000s of images): computer images, slides, prints All images are public domain ! The only exceptions are for particular proprietary experiments (to ensure that the prime experimentors can publish the results first), often including astronomy missions.

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

NOAO

(see: Kitt Peak National Observatory)

NRAO:

Several slides, many from the Very Large Array.

  ASP: The Radio Universe (40 slides # AS 299)
       The Radio Universe, Best of VLA (30 slides # AS 231)

Palomar Observatory

(see: Hale Observatories)

Royal Observatory Edinburgh

(see: AAO)

UK Schmidt Telescope/Royal Observatory Edinburgh

(see: AAO)

U.S. Navel Observatory (USNO):

Several slides. 2 sets of 20 slides each are available from the Hansen Planetarium

Very Large Array

(see: NRAO)

Yerkes Observatory:

1 slide, great selection of prints. Available from the observatory; the slide shows the big refractor. New: On request, Yerkes can deliver some more of their images as slides.

Sources:

• ASP:

    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)

• Hansen Planetarium:

    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:   +1-801-483-5484

  URL: http://www.utah.edu/Planetarium/Publications.html

• Holiday Film Corporation:

    Holiday Film Corporation
    P.O.Box 619
    12607 E. Philadelphia St.
    Whittier, CA 90608, USA
    URL:   http://finley-holiday.com/

• Planetarium Armagh:

    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:

    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:

    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.