Scientific Collaboration
The International Catalogue of Heavenly Bodies (ICHB) wishes to acknowledge the global network of observatories and research institutions whose dedicated work is the foundation of this project. Building upon a rich heritage of astronomical discovery, our registry reflects the continued dedication of scientists worldwide who meticulously observe, record, and catalogue the heavens.
The ongoing efforts of these institutions in collecting, verifying, and systematizing data on stars, planets, asteroids, and countless other celestial objects are invaluable to our work. This commitment to precision and the longstanding practice of knowledge sharing are essential to our consolidated registry.
We deeply appreciate the established relationships we have with each of these organizations. The very existence of ICHB in its present form is a result of this spirit of active international scientific cooperation and data sharing.
A reflection of our global community of contributors
300+
~2,500
80+
20th–21st
A representative selection of our contributing institutions
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Why This Partnership Matters for ICHB’s Mission
Data Preservation
Historical observations from these observatories are digitized and preserved in the ICHB register, ensuring they remain accessible for future generations.
Cross-Identification
By linking observations from different eras and institutions, ICHB creates a unified identity for each celestial body across all catalogues.
Cultural Heritage
Traditional names from diverse cultures are preserved in both translation and transliteration, respecting linguistic heritage while ensuring global accessibility.
We are particularly grateful to the international community of astronomers and researchers who continue to collaborate with us, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the data we provide. The ICHB is not merely a catalogue — it is a testament to the power of global scientific cooperation, spanning continents, cultures, and generations.
Every observation, every recorded position, every historical name contributes to a collective understanding of our universe. The observatories listed below represent a fraction of this global effort — each code tells a story of dedication to science.
Contributing Observatories (Partial List)
The three-digit codes listed below are the official observatory identifiers, internationally recognized designations used in astronomical observations and publications worldwide.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Isaac Roberts
Raleigh Observatory
Observatoire de la Babote
Observatoire de Toulouse
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
Fabra Observatory (Observatori Fabra)
Observatoire de Paris
CRAAG: Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysique
Sternwarte Uecht, Solar Observatory at Uecht
CERGA: Centre de recherches en geodynamique et astrometrie
Sternwarte Wetzikon
Observatoire Royal de Belgique/Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van Belgie
Sterrewacht Leiden
Observatoire de Marseille
Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh
Observatoire de Besancon
Observatorium Hoher List
Sternwarte Bilk
Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchatel
Observatoire de Nice
Sternwarte Karlsruhe
Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino
Sternwarte Wiesbaden
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
Sternwarte Stuttgart
Observatorium Zimmerwald
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Sternwarte der Universitat Wurzburg
Hamburger Sternwarte
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
Sternwarte Sonneberg
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitats-Sternwarte Jena
Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Monte Mario)
Copenhagen University Observatory
Specola Vaticana
Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania-Teramo
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
Lund Observatory
Lohrmann Institute
Universitats-Sternwarte Innsbruck
Einstein Tower
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte
Universitats-Sternwarte Wien
Hvezdarna Klet
Poznan Observatory
Hvezdarna Hradec Kralove
Kvistabergs Observatorium
Stockholms observatorium (before 1931)
Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
Stockholms observatorium (since 1931)
Konkoly Observatory
Brorfelde Observatoriet
Krakow Observatory
Observatorium Skalnate pleso
Belgrade Astronomical Observatory
Konigsberg Observatory (before 1944)
Lomnicky Peak Observatory
Warsaw University Observatory
Uzhgorod Observatory
Iso-Heikkila Observatory
Tuorla Observatory
Kevola Observatory
Traunstein Observatory
National Observatory of Athens
Lvov University Observatory
Lvov Polytechnic Institute
Baldone Observatory
Vilnius Observatory (before 1883)
Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory
Scheuren Observatory
Bucharest Observatory
Boyden Observatory
Tartu Observatory
Union Observatory Annex
Yale-Columbia Southern Station
Union Observatory
Radcliffe Observatory
Istanbul Observatory
Leiden Southern Station
St. Polten Observatory
Golosseevo Observatory
Pulkovo Observatory
Kiev Observatory
Odessa Observatory
Helwan Observatory
Kottomia Observatory
Nikolaev Astronomical Observatory
Mainz Observatory
Observatoire de Nurol
Piwnice Astronomical Observatory
Skibotn Observatory
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory-Simeis
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory-Nauchnij
Merate Observatory
Wise Observatory
Cima Ekar Observatory
Lahti Ursa Observatory
Ahtari Observatory
Kharkov National University Observatory
Zvenigorod Observatory
Ljubljana Observatory
Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory
Moscow Observatory
Crni Vrh Observatory
Osservatorio Astronomico “Geminiamo Montanari”
Osservatorio di Montelupo
Algiers-Kouba Observatory
Rostov Observatory
Piazzano Observatory
Pleiade Observatory
Volkssternwarte Drebach
Engelhardt Observatory
Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
Giesing Observatory
Sendling Observatory
Modra Observatory
Abastuman Observatory
Visnjan Observatory
Kharkov University Chuguevskaya Station
Observatoire des Pises
Byurakan Observatory
Observatoire de Castres
Tbilisi Observatory
Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Viseggi
Bornheim Observatory
Saratov Observatory
Ordubad Observatory
Osservatorio Astronomico “Serafino Zani”
Observatoire de l’Ardeche
Observatoire de Bedoin
Les Tardieux Observatory
Groszschwabhausen Observatory
Kasan Observatory
Engelhardt Observatory
Givatayim Observatory
Village-Neuf Observatory
Antibes Observatory
Augerolles Observatory
Observatoire de Hottviller
Sinsen Observatory
Osservatorio Astronomico di Gnosca
Bray et Lu Observatory
‘s-Gravenwezel Observatory
Frignano Observatory
Osservatorio Astronomico “Galileo Galilei”
Observatoire de Guitalens
Beine-Nauroy Observatory
Maisons Laffitte Observatory
Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur
Moletai Astronomical Observatory
Stuttgart-Hoffeld
Cortina Observatory (Associazione Astronomica Cortina; Osservatorio Astronomico del Col Drusciè “Helmut Ullrich”)
Ole Rømer Observatory
Catania Astrophysical Observatory
Frasso Sabino Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico Virginio Cesarini – Frasso Sabino) [8]
Promiod Observatory (Osservatorio Dalai Lama di Promiod)
Monte Agliale Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Agliale)
Castelmartini Observatory (Osservatorio Astronomico di Castelmartini, owner: E. Prosperi) [9]
Cerrina Tololo Observatory
Potenza Observatory
Roeser Observatory, Luxembourg
St. Michel sur Meurthe Observatory
Piera Observatory (Observatori Astronomic de Piera), Barcelona
Úpice Observatory (Hvězdárna v Úpici)
Bülach Observatory (Sternwarte Bülach)
Kourovskaya Observatory
Airali Observatory
Begues Observatory (Observatorio de Begues)
Flarestar Observatory
Onnens Observatory
St Clotilde Observatory (Observatoire Sainte-Clotilde)
Nyrölä Observatory (Nyrölän observatorio)
Bagnoud Observatory (F.-X. Bagnoud Observatory)
Consell Observatory (Observatorio Astronómico de Consell)
Le Cres Observatory, observer: Raymond Poncy [6]
Collonges Observatory, observer: Jean-Gabriel Bosch [6]
Monte Generoso Observatory (Osservatorio del Monte Generoso)
Mauguio Observatory
Makes Observatory (Observatoire des Makes; observers: Jean-Paul Teng, Andre Peyrot, Alain Klotz) [6]
St Paul Observatory
Starlab Observatory
Valmeca Observatory
Jura Observatory (Observatoire astronomique jurassien)
Kitab Observatory, Mt. Maydanak
Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory
Majdanak Observatory
Geneva Observatory (old observatory; before 1967)
Gissar Observatory
Dushanbe Observatory
Tashkent Observatory
Sanglok Observatory
Tivoli Observatory
Untermenzing Observatory
Homburg-Erbach Observatory
Bastia Observatory
Wildberg Observatory (Observatorium Wildberg) [10]
Buthiers Observatory (Observatoire de Buthiers)
Beersel Hills Observatory
Jonathan B. Postel Observatory
Tamaris Observatoire
GiaGa Observatory
Schiaparelli Observatory
Osservatorio Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
Haagaar Observatory
Osservatorio Antonio Grosso
Rivalta Observatory
Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS) at the Cima Ekar Station (#098) of the Asiago Observatory (#043)
Almaty Observatory (Alma-Ata Observatory)
Scandicci Observatory
La Dehesilla Observatory (Observatorio La Dehesilla)
Montcabre Observatory (Observatorio Montcabre)
Garching Observatory
Buchloe Observatory
Côtes de Meuse Observatory (Observatoire des Côtes de Meuse)
Assy Observatory
Hyderabad observatory
Japal-Rangapur Observatory
Vainu Bappu Observatory
IAS Observatory (IAS), Hakos location
Yerres-Canotiers Observatory
Madras Observatory (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
Ottmarsheim Observatory (Observatoire d’Ottmarsheim), observer: Claudine Rinner
Northwood Ridge Observatory, New Hampshire
Guido Ruggieri Observatory
OrbitJet Observatory, New York
Bruno Zugna Observatory
G. C. Gloriosi Astronomical Observatory
Mount Wendelstein Observatory
Vesqueville Observatory
Masquefa Observatory
Sauro Donati Astronomical Observatory
Coddenham Observatory
CAST Observatory
Tomsk Observatory
Baugy Observatory
Grorudalen Optical Observatory
Michael Adrian Observatory
Herrenberg Observatory (Herrenberg Sternwarte)
Schaerding Observatory
Varennes Observatory
Umbrella Observatory
Geocentric Occultation Observation
Spitzer Space Telescope
Kleť Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope (KLENOT) at Kleť Observatory (#046)
Roving Observer
Hipparcos
SOHO
Hubble Space Telescope
Arecibo Observatory
Goldstone DSS 13, at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Goldstone DSS 14, at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Haystack Observatory
Evpatoria Observatory
Green Bank Telescope
Goldstone DSS 25, at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Gaia space observatory
EISCAT Tromso UHF
Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) at Siding Spring Observatory (see #413)
Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) at Palomar Observatory (see #675)
Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) at ESA’s La Silla see #809
New Horizons KBO Search with the Subaru Telescope
New Horizons KBO Search with the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
New Horizons KBO Search with the Magellan II (Clay) telescope
New Horizons KBO Search with the Magellan I (Baade) telescope
Unistellar Network, Roving Observer
Plonsk Observatory
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Peking, Transit of Venus site
Seeberg Observatory, Gotha (1787–1857)
Lilienthal Observatory
Bologna Observatory
Nîmes Observatory
Bremen Observatory
Driesen Observatory, formerly Germany
Flammarion Observatory
Yunnan Observatory
Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) at Mount Graham
LPL/Spacewatch II
Burlington Observatory, New Jersey
Burlington remote site Observatory
Astrophysical Observatory, College of Staten Island
Catholic University Observatory
Dudley Observatory (after 1893), Schenectady
Middlebury College Observatory of Middlebury College
Van Vleck Observatory
Bosscha Observatory, Bandung
Bisei Spaceguard Center – BATTeRS
Total in ICHB: ~2,500
Only a selection is shown above.
ICHB.ORG acknowledges all 2,500+ observatories worldwide whose observations contribute to astronomical science. This representative list includes across all continents.




