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Telescopes

Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center

Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

Aerial view of Sphinx Observatory

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Sphinx Observatory

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The observatory stands in ruin today.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Caracol

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Lowell charter Township, Michigan

James C. Veen Observatory

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

Millers Point, Australia

Sydney Observatory

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Antofagasta Province, Chile

The VLT - Very Large Telescope

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Arecibo Observatory

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Illustration of the Leviathan of Parsonstown (Rosse Six-Foot Telescope).

Offaly, Ireland

Leviathan of Parsonstown

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Yerkes Observatory

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Permanently Closed

Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Large Zenith Telescope

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

The McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

Safford, Arizona

Large Binocular Telescope

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.