List of observatory codes

Astronomical observatories are locations used for observing celestial events. Observatory codes are assigned by the Minor Planet Center (a service of the International Astronomical Union) for use in cataloguing astrometric observations of solar-system objects. The following is a list of observatory codes (the parts in italics are not part of the IAU listing itself; diacriticals were added):

000–099

100–199

200–299

300–399

400–499

500–599

600–699

700–799

800–899

900–999

A00–A99

B00–B99

C00–C99

D00–D99

E00–E99

F00–F99

G00–G99

H00–H99

I00–I99

J00–J99

K00–K99

L00–L99

N00–N99

O00–O99

P00–P99

Q00–Q99

T00–T99

U00–U99

V00–V99

W00–W99

X00–X99

Y00-Y99

Z00–Z99

By location

The following is the same list of observatories, sorted by continent, country, and state/province/administrative division. Countries not belonging to the IAU are omitted unless they contain at least one observatory. Countries not belonging to the IAU with observatory codes are marked in italics.

Africa

Algeria

Egypt

Namibia

Réunion (France)

South Africa

Asia

Azerbaijan (Asia)

China

India

Indonesia

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan (Asia)

Russia (Asia)

South Korea

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Australia & Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Europe

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia (Europe)

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia (Europe)

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey (Europe)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican City

North America

Canada

United States

South America

Argentina

Chile

Venezuela

Space

Earth

Heliocentric

See also

References

  1. Archived October 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Osservatorio Astronomico Vallemare di Borbona". Digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

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