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The ground and space-based telescopes and instruments used to observe the universe beyond Earth. They are grouped here by observing platform and wavelength regime into space-based observatories, ground-based radio and millimeter observatories, and ground-based optical observatories.

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Østervold Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Oukaimeden Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Palomar Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Paris Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Parkes Observatory

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Perth Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Pic du Midi Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Planck (spacecraft)

Space-Based Observatories

Pulkovo Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Purple Mountain Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

ROSAT

Space-Based Observatories

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

Space-Based Observatories

Royal Greenwich Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Royal Observatory of Belgium

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Siding Spring Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Space-Based Observatories

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Space-Based Observatories

South African Astronomical Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

South Pole Telescope

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Southern African Large Telescope

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Special Astrophysical Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Spitzer Space Telescope

Space-Based Observatories

Square Kilometre Array

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Sternberg Astronomical Institute

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Subaru Telescope

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Space-Based Observatories

Udaipur Solar Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Uraniborg

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Vainu Bappu Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Very Large Array

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Very Large Telescope

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Very Long Baseline Array

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Vienna Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

W. M. Keck Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Ground-Based Radio and Millimeter Observatories

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Space-Based Observatories

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Space-Based Observatories

XMM-Newton

Space-Based Observatories

Yerkes Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories
Sources
1. Wikipedia: History of the telescope
Wikimedia FoundationHistory of the telescope, lead section
Quote, History of the telescope, lead section
The 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.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
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