ASTR 511 (O'Connell) Lecture Notes



MAJOR FACILITIES BY EM BAND
1990-2020


EM REGION RELATIVE
WAVELENGTH
FACILITIES SURVEYS
RADIO           106 VLA, GBT, Arecibo,
MPIfR, WSRT, ATNF,
VLBA, Merlin, BIMA, IRAM,
Nobeyama, CARMA,
JCMT, GMRT, OVRO, CSO, ALMA, FAST, LOFAR, ASKAP, MeerKAT
VLA/NVSS, VLA/FIRST, CHIME
COBE, WMAP, Planck
IR           100 IRTF, UKIRT
ISO, HST, SST, Herschel, SOFIA
2MASS, VISTA, SCUBA
WISE
OPTICAL           1.0 VLT, Keck, GTC, LBT, HET, SALT, Subaru, Gemini, Magellan, MMT, Palomar
HST, Kepler, TESS
POSS II, SDSS, 2dF, OGLE, PanSTARRS, PTF, ZTF, DES Hipparcos, Gaia
UV           0.1 IUE, Astro, HST, EUVE, FUSE, GALEX, Swift-UVOT, UVIT GALEX
X-RAY           10-4 ASCA, ROSAT, RXTE, BeppoSAX, Chandra, XMM, NuSTAR, Astrosat, SRG
ROSAT, eROSITA
GAMMA RAY           10-6 HETE, INTEGRAL, Swift CGRO, Fermi


Entries in green are space-based. For a graphic comparison of optical telescope mirror sizes, see
this illustration..