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Ground-based observatories

Arecibo Observatory

Radio observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Atacama Large Millimeter Array

66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

Radio telescope in Germany

Extremely Large Telescope

Major astronomical facility in Chile

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

Radio telescope located in Guizhou Province, China

Gemini Observatory

Giant Magellan Telescope

Ground-based telescope under construction, planned for completion in 2029

Green Bank Telescope

Radio telescope in Green Bank, WV, US

IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Observatory constructed under the ice at the South Pole

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Radio astronomical observatory at the University of Manchester, England

Large Binocular Telescope

Telescope for optical astronomy

Gravitational wave detector

Low-Frequency Array

Radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands

Mauna Kea Observatories

Astronomical observatories in Hawaii

Radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in South Africa

Mount Wilson Observatory

Astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, USA

South Pole Telescope

Telescope at the South Pole

Square Kilometre Array

Radio telescope planned in Australia and South Africa

Subaru Telescope

Japanese telescope and observatory

Thirty Meter Telescope

Future observatory in the United States

Very Large Array

Radio astronomy observatory located in New Mexico

Very Large Telescope

Telescope in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Very Long Baseline Array

Radio interferometer / radio telescope

Virgo interferometer

Gravitational waves detector

W. M. Keck Observatory

Astronomical observatory located in Hawaii

Wise Observatory