# Observatory Parameters. # # Some were taken from the Almanac and others have been submitted. # Observatories wishing to be added or make changes in the default # distributed database should send information to iraf@noao.edu. observatory = "kpno" name = "Kitt Peak National Observatory" longitude = 111:36.0 latitude = 31:57.8 altitude = 2120. timezone = 7 observatory = "ctio" name = "Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory" longitude = 70.815 latitude = -30.16527778 altitude = 2215. timezone = 4 observatory = "lasilla" name = "European Southern Observatory: La Silla" longitude = 70:43.8 latitude = -29:15.4 altitude = 2347 timezone = 4 observatory = "paranal" name = "European Southern Observatory: Paranal" longitude = 70:24.2 latitude = -24:37.5 altitude = 2635 timezone = 4 observatory = "lick" name = "Lick Observatory" longitude = 121:38.2 latitude = 37:20.6 altitude = 1290 timezone = 8 # Observatory entry from a conversation with Craig Foltz 8/20/97. # Name was changed and the "mmt" entry was removed. observatory = "mmto" name = "MMT Observatory" longitude = 110:53.1 latitude = 31:41.3 altitude = 2600 timezone = 7 observatory = "cfht" name = "Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope" longitude = 155:28.3 latitude = 19:49.6 altitude = 4215 timezone = 10 observatory = "lapalma" name = "Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma" longitude = 17:52.8 latitude = 28:45.5 altitude = 2327 timezone = 0 observatory = "mso" name = "Mt. Stromlo Observatory" longitude = 210:58:32.4 latitude = -35:19:14.34 altitude = 767 timezone = -10 observatory = "sso" name = "Siding Spring Observatory" longitude = 210:56:19.70 latitude = -31:16:24.10 altitude = 1149 timezone = -10 observatory = "aao" name = "Anglo-Australian Observatory" longitude = 210:56:2.09 latitude = -31:16:37.34 altitude = 1164 timezone = -10 observatory = "mcdonald" name = "McDonald Observatory" longitude = 104.0216667 latitude = 30.6716667 altitude = 2075 timezone = 6 observatory = "lco" name = "Las Campanas Observatory" longitude = 70:42.1 latitude = -29:0.2 altitude = 2282 timezone = 4 # Submitted by Alan Koski 1/13/93 observatory = "mtbigelow" name = "Catalina Observatory: 61 inch telescope" longitude = 110:43.9 latitude = 32:25.0 altitude = 2510. timezone = 7 # Revised by Daniel Durand 2/23/93 observatory = "dao" name = "Dominion Astrophysical Observatory" longitude = 123:25.0 latitude = 48:31.3 altitude = 229 timezone = 8 # Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93 observatory = "spm" name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, San Pedro Martir" longitude = 115:29:13 latitude = 31:01:45 altitude = 2830 timezone = 7 # Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93 observatory = "tona" name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Tonantzintla" longitude = 98:18:50 latitude = 19:01:58 timezone = 8 # Submitted by Don Hamilton 8/18/93 observatory = "Palomar" name = "The Hale Telescope" longitude = 116:51:46.80 latitude = 33:21:21.6 altitude = 1706. timezone = 8 # Submitted by Pat Seitzer 10/31/93 observatory = "mdm" name = "Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory" longitude = 111:37.0 latitude = 31:57.0 altitude = 1938.5 timezone = 7 # Submitted by Ignacio Ferrin 9/1/94 observatory = "NOV" name = "National Observatory of Venezuela" longitude = 70:52.0 latitude = 8:47.4 altitude = 3610 timezone = 4 # Submitted by Alan Welty 10/28/94 observatory = "bmo" name = "Black Moshannon Observatory" longitude = 78:00.3 latitude = 40:55.3 altitude = 738 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Biwei JIANG 11/28/95 observatory = "BAO" name = "Beijing XingLong Observatory" longitude = 242:25.5 latitude = 40:23.6 altitude = 950. timezone = -8 # From Astronomical Almanac 1996 observatory = "keck" name = "W. M. Keck Observatory" longitude = 155:28.7 latitude = 19:49.7 altitude = 4160 timezone = 10 # Submitted by Lina Tomasella 6/11/96: Padova Astronomical Obs., Asiago, Italy. observatory = "ekar" name = "Mt. Ekar 182 cm. Telescope" longitude = 348:25:07.92 latitude = 45:50:54.92 altitude = 1413.69 timezone = -1 # Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96 observatory = "apo" name = "Apache Point Observatory" longitude = 105:49.2 latitude = 32:46.8 altitude = 2798. timezone = 7 # Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96 observatory = "lowell" name = "Lowell Observatory" longitude = 111:32.1 latitude = 35:05.8 altitude = 2198. timezone = 7 # Submitted by S.G. Bhargavi 8/12/96 observatory = "vbo" name = "Vainu Bappu Observatory" longitude = 281.1734 latitude = 12.57666 altitude = 725. timezone = -5.5 # Submitted by S. Giridhar 6/28/03 observatory = "iao" name = "Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle" longitude = 281.03583 latitude = 32.7794 altitude = 4500 timezone = -5.5 # Submitted by Doug Mink 1/6/97 observatory = "flwo" name = "Whipple Observatory" longitude = 110:52:39 latitude = 31:40:51.4 altitude = 2320 timezone = 7 observatory = "flwo1" name = "Whipple Observatory" longitude = 110:52:39 latitude = 31:40:51.4 altitude = 2320 timezone = 7 # Submitted by Doug Mink 1/6/97 observatory = "oro" name = "Oak Ridge Observatory" longitude = 71:33:29.32 latitude = 42:30:18.94 altitude = 184 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Claudia Vilega Rodriques 12/12/97 observatory = "lna" name = "Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica - Brazil" longitude = 45.5825 latitude = -22:32:04 altitude = 1864 timezone = 3 # Submitted by John Memzies 12/31/99 observatory = "saao" name = "South African Astronomical Observatory" longitude = 339:11:21.5 latitude = -32:22:46 altitude = 1798 timezone = -2 # Submitted by Jorge Federico Gonzalez 12/10/98 observatory = "casleo" name = "Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, San Juan" longitude = 69:18:00 latitude = -31:47:57 altitude = 2552 timezone = 3 # Submitted by Jorge Federico Gonzalez 12/10/98 observatory = "bosque" name = "Estacion Astrofisica Bosque Alegre, Cordoba" longitude = 64:32:45 latitude = -31:35:54 altitude = 1250 timezone = 3 # Submitted by Ilian Iliev 1/19/99 observatory = "rozhen" name = "National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen - Bulgaria" longitude = 335:15:22 latitude = 41:41:35 altitude = 1759 timezone = -2 # Submitted by Bill Vacca 7/14/99 observatory = "irtf" name = "NASA Infrared Telescope Facility" longitude = 155.471999 latitude = 19.826218 altitude = 4168 timezone = 10 # Submitted by Andy Layden 7/16/99 observatory = "bgsuo" name = "Bowling Green State Univ Observatory" longitude = 83:39:33 latitude = 41:22:42 altitude = 225. timezone = 5 # Submitted by Oliver-Mark Cordes 8/5/99 observatory = "DSAZ" name = "Deutsch-Spanisches Observatorium Calar Alto - Spain" longitude = 2:32:46.5 latitude = 37:13:25 altitude = 2168 timezone = -1 # Submitted by Matilde Fernandez 2/2/99 observatory = "ca" name = "Calar Alto Observatory" longitude = 2:32:46.5 latitude = 37:13:25 altitude = 2168 timezone = -1 # Submitted by Oliver-Mark Cordes 8/5/99 observatory = "holi" name = "Observatorium Hoher List (Universitaet Bonn) - Germany" longitude = 6.85 latitude = 50.16276 altitude = 541 timezone = -1 # Submitted by Steven Majewski 8/27/99 observatory = "lmo" name = "Leander McCormick Observatory" longitude = 78:31:24 latitude = 38:02:00 altitude = 264 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Steven Majewski 8/27/99 observatory = "fmo" name = "Fan Mountain Observatory" longitude = 78:41:36 latitude = 37:52:42 altitude = 566 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Kim K. McLeod 10/13/1999 observatory = "whitin" name = "Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College" longitude = 71.305833 latitude = 42.295 altitude = 32 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Nuno Peixinho 6/7/2000 # Parameters for the Sierra Nevada Observatory (Spain) observatory = "osn" name = "Observatorio de Sierra Nevada" longitude = 3:23:05 latitude = 37:03:51 altitude = 2896 timezone = -1 # Gemini Observatory - Submitted by Inger Jorgensen # # Gemini-North # These values are from the aerial survey made Sept 25, 1996 # http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/coordinates.html observatory = "gemini-north" name = "Gemini North Observatory" longitude = 155:28.142805 latitude = 19:49.42809 altitude = 4213.4 timezone = 10 # Gemini-South # The coordinates are from GPS measurements and the elevation # is from the Gemini Web pages http://www.gemini.edu/public #observatory = "gemini-south" # name = "Gemini South Observatory" # longitude = 70:43.4 # latitude = -30:13.7 # altitude = 2737. # timezone = 4 # Corrected coords from Bryan Miller, 5/18/2006 observatory = "gemini-south" name = "Gemini South Observatory" longitude = 70:44.2016 latitude = -30:14.445 altitude = 2722. timezone = 4 # ESO observatory = "lasilla" name = "European Southern Observatory: La Silla" longitude = 70:43.8 latitude = -29:15.4 altitude = 2347 timezone = 4 observatory = "paranal" name = "European Southern Observatory: Paranal" longitude = 70:24.2 latitude = -24:37.5 altitude = 2635 timezone = 4 # The following additional entries were suppied by Peter Weilbacher # weilbach@uni-sw.gwdg.de on 28 Jan 2002 13:12:59 -0700. observatory = "esontt" name = "European Southern Observatory, NTT, La Silla" longitude = 70:43:54.272 latitude = -29:15:18.440 altitude = 2375 timezone = 4 observatory = "eso36m" name = "European Southern Observatory, 3.6m Telescope, La Silla" longitude = 70:43:46.606 latitude = -29:15:25.814 altitude = 2400 timezone = 4 observatory = "esovlt" name = "European Southern Observatory, VLT, Paranal" longitude = 70.4022 latitude = -24.6253 altitude = 2648 timezone = 4 # Submited by Giovanni Catanzaro, 7/17/03. observatory = "sln" name = "SLN - Catania Astrophysical Observatory" longitude = 345:01:36 latitude = 37:41.5 altitude = 1725. timezone = -1 # Submited by Ahmet Devlen, 4/21/04 observatory = "euo" name = "Ege University Observatory" longitude = -27:16.5 latitude = 38:23.9 altitude = 795. timezone = 2 # Submitted by Zeki Aslan 8/15/05 who said the "tno" entry was wrong. #observatory = "tno" # name = "Turkiye National Observatory" # longitude = -30:21:11 # latitude = 36:49:28 # altitude = 2555. # timezone = 2 # observatory = "tug" name = "TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey" longitude = -30:20:00 latitude = 36:49:30 altitude = 2547. timezone = -2 # Submited by Ricky Patterson for Vatican Obs. Research Group, 6/15/04 observatory = "mgo" name = "Mount Graham Observatory" longitude = 109:53:30 latitude = 32:42:06 altitude = 3181 timezone = 7 # Submited by Jeewan C. Bandey 7/28/05 # Changed to W longitude MJF 4/1/06) # (E) longitude = 79.45639 observatory = "aries" name = "Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences" longitude = 280.54361 latitude = 29.36 altitude = 1950. timezone = -5.5 # Submitted by Eduardo Fernández Lajús 10/28/05 observatory = "oalp" name = 'Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata' longitude = 57:55:56.2782 latitude = -34:54:24.3040 altitude = 20. timezone = 3. # Submitted by Leslie F. Brown 7/29/06 observatory = "olin" name = Connecticut College - Olin Observatory" longitude = 72:06:19 latitude = 41:22:44 altitude = 85 timezone = 5 # Submitted by Pat van Heerden 11/20/06 observatory = "boyden" name = Boyden Observatory longitude = 332:35:40.0 latitude = -29:02:20 altitude = 1387 timezone = -2 ### Nayuta and Subaru observatory = "subaru" name = "SUBARU Telescope, NAOJ longitude = -155.4706 latitude = 19.8255 altitude = 4163 timzone = -10 observatory = "nhao" name = Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory longitude = 134:20:08.0 latitude = 35:01:31.0 altitude = 449 timezone = 9