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                         List of Great Observatories
              making Astronomical Photographs publicly available
                              Version 1.0

                         compiled by Hartmut Frommert
             (spider@seds.org, Hartmut.Frommert@uni-konstanz.de)

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. It may 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 "ftp://ftp.seds.org/pub/info/obs-ims.txt",
     or "http://www.seds.org/~spider/obs-ims.txt"
It is posted to the mailing list astro@mindspring.com and various
newsgroups including sci.astro and sci.astro.amateur when modifications
justify this.  

Observatories:
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Anglo Australian Observatory and UK Schmidt Telescope: Great selection
  (computer images, slides, prints), many by David Malin
  Slide sets, prints, transparencies, posters are a/v from ASP, Hansen
  Planetarium, Planetarium Amargh, and others, or
    Anglo-Australian Observatory, Epping Laboratory, P.O. Box 296,
	Epping, N.S.W. 2121, Australia, Fax: +61 (0)2 372 4860 (or 4880)
    Phone: +61 (0)2 372 4800, e-mail cc@aaoepp.aao.gov.au
  High-resolution computer images are a/v on CD-ROM from ASP, Sky Publishing
  Low-resolution computer images are a/v from the internet:
    ftp://aaoepp.aao.gov.au/image/
Calar Alto German-Spain Observatory: Some slides
  2 sets of 6 slides each are a/v from the
    Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Astronomie
    K\"onigstuhl 17
    D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
  also a/v 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
  a/v 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://gco.apana.org.au/
    ftp: ftp://wwa.com/pub/ccd/ or ftp://gco.apana.org.au/pub/astro/
Hale Observatories: Great Selection (slides, prints)
  Individual slides, slide sets, prints and posters a/v from
    California Institute of Technology Bookstore
    Mail Code 1-51
    Pasadena, Calif. 91125, USA
  Most were also a/v from Hansen Planetarium
Hubble Space Telescope: Great Selection (computer images, slides)
  Slide sets are a/v from the ASP, Sky Publishing, Holiday Film Corporation
  Computer images are a/v from the internet:
    {http,gopher,ftp}://marvel.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
  a/v 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 a/v from Hansen Planetarium
Lowell Observatory: Some slides and computer images
  slides are a/v from their visitor's center, some in ASP series
  computer images are a/v 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 a/v
  from various sources, including ASP, Hansen Planetarium, Planetarium
  Amargh, 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,gopher[,ftp]}://images.jsc.nasa.gov/) and the major unmanned
  space missions, including the astronomy missions; for example:
    HST (see: Hubble Space Telescope)
    UIT: http://fondue.jsc.nasa.gov/UIT/
  Some major general NASA internet servers with images:
    ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/{pub/SPACE/GIF,cdrom}/
    {ftp,gopher,http,telnet}://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/
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 a/v from the Hansen Planetarium
Very Large Array (see: NRAO)
Yerkes Observatory: 1 slide, great selection of prints
  a/v from the observatory; the slide shows the big refractor.

Sources:
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ASP
  Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  390 Ashton Avenue
  San Francisco, CA 94112, USA
  e-mail: asp@stars.sfsu.edu (customer correspondence)
  Phone: +1 (415) 337 2624, Toll free (U.S. only): 800 335 2624
  Fax:   +1 (415) 337 5205
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
Holiday Film Corporation
  Holiday Film Corporation
  P.O.Box 619
  12607 E. Philadelphia St.
  Whittier, CA 90608, USA
Planetarium Amargh
  The Armagh Planetarium,
  College Hill,
  Armagh BT61 9DB, Northern Ireland, U.K.
  Fax: +44 (0)861 52 6187

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.

  Hartmut Frommert                                | Use native OS/2 programs
  <Hartmut.Frommert@uni-konstanz.de>, http://www.seds.org/~spider/
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