Updates and additions welcome .. and wanted ! List of Great Observatories making Astronomical Photographs publicly available Version 1.21 compiled by Hartmut Frommert http://spider.seds.org/ Thanks to Chris Lewicki, this file has finally found a very good home on the famous ftp server ftp.seds.org, as /pub/info/obs-ims.txt. At times, 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" Nowadays, eventually, only the web access has remained. It was posted to the mailing list astro@lists.mindspring.com and various newsgroups including sci.astro and sci.astro.amateur when modifications justify this. 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 f\"ur Astronomie K\"onigstuhl 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 av via the internet: www: 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, 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 av 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. 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 email: asp@astrosociety.org (customer correspondence) URL: http://www.astrosociety.org/ 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 http: 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 http: 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.