Home›Ground-Based Optical Observatories›Observing Band›Optical / VisibleBrowse ByOptical / VisibleThis dimension groups observatories by the part of the electromagnetic spectrum they are built to observe, such as radio, infrared or X-ray. Wikipedia notes that the spectrum divides, "from low to high frequency," into "radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays." Browsing by observing band collects every observatory built to study the same kind of radiation.FactsOptical / VisibleSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested1608 1Optical / VisibleFilter Results65 entriesPlatformAllHistoric Pre-Telescopic Observatories (2)Optical Observatories of Africa and Oceania (8)Optical Observatories of Asia and the Middle East (9)Optical Observatories of Europe (23)Optical Observatories of the Americas (23)OperatorAllAssociation of Universities for Research in Astronomy (3)Astrophysical Research Consortium (1)Australian Astronomical Observatory (1)Australian National University (2)Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (1)California Association for Research in Astronomy (1)California Institute of Technology (1)Carnegie Institution for Science (1)Chinese Academy of Sciences (1)Czech Academy of Sciences (1)Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (1)European Southern Observatory (2)Indian Institute of Astrophysics (2)Institut Teknologi Bandung (1)Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (1)Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (1)Large Binocular Telescope Corporation (1)Leiden University (1)Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (1)Moscow State University (1)National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (1)National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (1)National Institute for Astrophysics (1)National Research Council (Canada) (1)National Research Foundation of South Africa (1)National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (1)National Science Foundation (2)New Jersey Institute of Technology (1)New Mexico State University (1)NOIRLab (2)Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (1)Osmania University (1)Paris Sciences et Lettres University (1)Russian Academy of Sciences (1)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (1)South African Astronomical Observatory (1)Tel Aviv University (1)University of California (1)University of Chicago (1)University of Copenhagen (1)University of Hamburg (1)University of Texas at Austin (1)University of the Free State (1)University of Toronto (1)University of Vienna (1)Operational Start YearAll906 (1)1633 (1)1667 (1)1675 (1)1700 (1)1734 (1)1754 (1)1785 (1)1789 (1)1812 (1)1825 (1)1826 (1)1827 (1)1842 (1)1861 (1)1871 (1)1879 (1)1888 (1)1889 (1)1894 (1)1897 (1)1898 (1)1900 (1)1901 (1)1908 (1)1918 (1)1923 (1)1931 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1939 (1)1945 (1)1946 (1)1949 (1)1954 (1)1958 (1)1964 (2)1965 (2)1966 (1)1969 (2)1970 (1)1971 (1)1972 (1)1974 (1)1975 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1990 (1)1992 (1)1994 (1)1996 (1)1998 (1)1999 (1)2000 (1)2005 (2)2009 (1)2019 (1)2025 (1)LocationAllArgentina (1)Armenia (1)Australia (3)Australia (1)Austria (1)Belgium (1)Brazil (1)Canada (2)Chile (6)China (1)Czechia (1)Denmark (1)Egypt (1)France (3)Georgia (1)Germany (3)Greece (1)India (5)Indonesia (1)Ireland (1)Israel (1)Italy (1)Mexico (1)Netherlands (1)Russia (2)South Africa (3)Spain (3)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 65Abastumani Astrophysical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleAnglo-Australian TelescopeOptical / VisibleApache Point ObservatoryOptical / VisibleArgentine National ObservatoryOptical / VisibleArmagh ObservatoryOptical / VisibleAryabhatta Research Institute of Observational SciencesOptical / VisibleBerlin ObservatoryOptical / VisibleBig Bear Solar ObservatoryOptical / VisibleBohyunsan Optical Astronomy ObservatoryOptical / VisibleBosscha ObservatoryOptical / VisibleBoyden ObservatoryOptical / VisibleByurakan ObservatoryOptical / VisibleCalar Alto ObservatoryOptical / VisibleCapodimonte Astronomical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleCerro Tololo Inter-American ObservatoryOptical / VisibleCrimean Astrophysical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleDaniel K. Inouye Solar TelescopeOptical / VisibleDavid Dunlap ObservatoryOptical / VisibleDominion Astrophysical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleDunsink ObservatoryOptical / VisibleEl Caracol, Chichen ItzaOptical / VisibleFlorence and George Wise ObservatoryOptical / VisibleGemini ObservatoryOptical / VisibleGran Telescopio CanariasOptical / VisibleHamburg ObservatoryOptical / VisibleHaute-Provence ObservatoryOptical / VisibleJantar Mantar, JaipurOptical / VisibleKitt Peak National ObservatoryOptical / VisibleKodaikanal Solar ObservatoryOptical / VisibleKottamia Astronomical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleLa Silla ObservatoryOptical / VisibleLarge Binocular TelescopeOptical / VisibleLas Campanas ObservatoryOptical / VisibleLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamOptical / VisibleLeiden ObservatoryOptical / VisibleLick ObservatoryOptical / VisibleLowell ObservatoryOptical / VisibleMauna Kea ObservatoriesOptical / VisibleMcDonald ObservatoryOptical / VisibleMount Stromlo ObservatoryOptical / VisibleNational Observatory of AthensOptical / VisibleNice ObservatoryOptical / VisibleNizamia ObservatoryOptical / VisibleObservatório NacionalOptical / VisibleOndrejov ObservatoryOptical / VisibleØstervold ObservatoryOptical / VisiblePalomar ObservatoryOptical / VisibleParis ObservatoryOptical / VisiblePerth ObservatoryOptical / VisiblePurple Mountain ObservatoryOptical / VisibleRoque de los Muchachos ObservatoryOptical / VisibleRoyal Greenwich ObservatoryOptical / VisibleRoyal Observatory of BelgiumOptical / VisibleSiding Spring ObservatoryOptical / VisibleSouth African Astronomical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleSouthern African Large TelescopeOptical / VisibleSpecial Astrophysical ObservatoryOptical / VisibleSternberg Astronomical InstituteOptical / VisibleSubaru TelescopeOptical / VisibleVainu Bappu ObservatoryOptical / VisibleVera C. Rubin ObservatoryOptical / VisibleVery Large TelescopeOptical / VisibleVienna ObservatoryOptical / VisibleW. M. Keck ObservatoryOptical / VisibleYerkes ObservatoryOptical / VisibleSources1. Wikipedia: History of the telescopetier 2Wikimedia FoundationHistory of the telescope, lead sectionQuote, History of the telescope, lead sectionThe history of the telescope can be traced to before the invention of the earliest known telescope, which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when a patent was submitted by Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass maker.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.