Geocoded location, altitude, IAU code, principal instruments, organization, targets/science, website, and photo of selected astronomical observatories. "optical.kml" and "radio.kml" are merged into "astromap.kml".
Astromap is not a map.
- It's a description of places in KML which can be loaded into many mapping applications (see Map Visualizers below)
- It does not contain all known telescopes, nor even all known observatories. it's a selection of major observatories often hosting many telescopes.
- It is intended to complement more complete observatory maps and lists with more or less information in a short summary and a photo.
- It is a subset (but hopefully representative) of:
- List of Observatories, Wikipedia
- List of largest optical reflecting telescopes, Wikipedia
- List of largest optical refracting telescopes, Wikipedia
- List of Radio Telescopes, Wikipedia
- Large Telescopes, Nine Planets
- Historic Astronomical Sites, NOAO
Observatory names have the form:
name (elevation) IAU code
Observatory descriptions have the form:
location | instruments | organizations | science | URL
Try Astromap in one of these visualizers:
- CartoDB
- Map Stack by Stamen
- Astromap in Google map
- Astromap in Bing map
Corrections and contributions welcome!
