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OBSERVATORIES AND TELESCOPES

ROYAL OBSERVATORY
Greenwich, London. Founded by King Charles II in 1675. The '0' prime or Greenwich Meridian passes through this observatory. This 0 degree, for all measurements and mapping was adopted in 1884
HERSCHELL's FORTY FOOT REFLECTOR
Slough, UK. A giant telescope built in 1788 with 1.2 mtr mirror.
BIRR CASTLE CO.,OFFALY,IRELAND
Built in 1845 with 1.8. mtr telescope here, was used to discover the spiral form of galaxies. It was once the world's largest telescope.
YERKES OBSERVATORY,WISCONSIN,USA
The 1 mtr telescope here, built in 1897 is the biggest refracting instrument even today.
MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY
California, USA
JODRELL BANK,CHESIRE,UK
Britain's first and once the world's largest radio telescope with a 76 mtr dish began operating in 1957.
HALEY TELESCOPE,PALOMAR OBSERVATORY,CALIFORNIA,USA
with 5 mtr mirror telescope, it is the world's largest reflecting telescope, in use from 1949.
ARECIBO OBSERVATORY
PUERTO RICO,USA
HUBBLE TELESCOPE
It is a telescope in space. It was launched in 1990 and lies 600 Kms above Earth's surface and orbiting. Sends the most precisephotographs of the Earth.
MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY
HAWAI'I,USA
McDONALD'S OBSERVATORY, TEXAS,USA
The telescope here is one of the largest optical telescopes ever built, with a dia of 11 mtr. Used for collecting light for spectrum analysis.
INDIAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, HANLE, LADAKH, INDIA
Commissioned in 2001. Lies at an altitude of 4500 mtr/14764 ft. Second highest telescope in the world. But, on the ground it is the highest telescope in the world. Operated by Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.
KODAIKANAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY
TAMILNADU
ALLAHA BAD OBSERVATORY
MIRZABAD,U.P.INDIA
UDAIPUR SOLAR OBSERVATORY
RAJASTHAN,INDIA
COLABA OBSERVATORY
MUMBAI,INDIA
JANTAR MANTAR
DELHI,JAIPUR,UJJAIN, INDIA
VAINA BAPPU OBSERVATORY
KAVALUR,TAMILNADU,INDIA
Q1. Which is the largest telescope in the world?
Great Canary Telescope on Canary Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q2. Which is the second largest telescope in the world?
Keck Telescope, on Mauna Kea Mountains in Hawai'i, USA.
Q3. Where is Asia's largest telescope?
Vaina Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, Tamilnadu - 2.3 mtr mirror telescope.
Q4. What is the name of the minor planet discovered by the Vaina Bappu Observatory in Kavalur Tamilnadu?
4130 RAMANUJAN.
Q5. Delhi, Jaipur and Ujjain in India have three minor observatories built by the same king.Who built them and what is the name?
Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur. They are called JANTAR MANTAR.
Q6. An observatory on a volcanic mountain. Where is it?
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawai's,USA,with world's most powerful telescope.
Q7. Where is the world's highest observatory located?
Hanle, in Ladakh, Tibet at a height of 4500/14764 ft.
Q8. What is the name of the telescope in space?
Hubble telescope lying 600 Kms above the earth.
Q9. Which observatory in India maintains Indian Standard Time?
Mirzabad observatory near Allahabad.
Q10. Where is the world's largest ever built optical telescope?
Mc Donald's Observatory in Texas USA. Dia 11 mtr.
Q11. Where is the world's largest reflecting telescope?
Haley's telescope in Palomar Observatory, California, USA. (1949).
Q12. When was Hubble Telescope launched into space?
1990
Q13. Which observatory maintains the 0 Greenwich meridian?When from the O* meridian of Greenwich was adopted for all measurement and mapping?
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London. Built by King Charles II in 1675.1884
Q14. Where is the world's biggest refracting instrument(telescope)?
Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, USA.