# Observatory Parameters.
#
# Some were taken from the Almanac and others have been submitted.
# Observatories wishing to be added or make changes in the default
# distributed database should send information to iraf@noao.edu.

observatory = "kpno"
	name = "Kitt Peak National Observatory"
	longitude = 111:36.0
	latitude = 31:57.8
	altitude = 2120.
	timezone = 7

observatory = "wiyn"
        name = "WIYN Observatory"
        longitude = 111:36.0
        latitude = 31:57.8
        altitude = 2120.
        timezone = 7

observatory = "ctio"
	name = "Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory"
	longitude = 70.815
	latitude = -30.16527778
	altitude = 2215.
	timezone = 4

observatory = "lasilla"
	name = "European Southern Observatory: La Silla"
	longitude = 70:43.8
	latitude = -29:15.4
	altitude = 2347
	timezone = 4

observatory = "paranal"
	name = "European Southern Observatory: Paranal"
	longitude = 70:24.2
	latitude = -24:37.5
	altitude = 2635
	timezone = 4

observatory = "lick"
	name = "Lick Observatory"
	longitude = 121:38.2
	latitude = 37:20.6
	altitude = 1290
	timezone = 8

# Observatory entry from a conversation with Craig Foltz 8/20/97.
# Name was changed and the "mmt" entry was removed.
observatory = "mmto"
	name = "MMT Observatory"
	longitude = 110:53.1
	latitude = 31:41.3
	altitude = 2600
	timezone = 7

observatory = "cfht"
	name = "Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope"
	longitude = 155:28.3
	latitude = 19:49.6
	altitude = 4215
	timezone = 10

observatory = "lapalma"
	name = "Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma"
	longitude = 17:52.8
	latitude = 28:45.5
	altitude = 2327
	timezone = 0

observatory = "mso"
	name = "Mt. Stromlo Observatory"
	longitude = 210:58:32.4
	latitude = -35:19:14.34
	altitude = 767
	timezone = -10

observatory = "sso"
	name = "Siding Spring Observatory"
	longitude = 210:56:19.70
	latitude = -31:16:24.10
	altitude = 1149
	timezone = -10

observatory = "aao"
	name = "Anglo-Australian Observatory"
	longitude = 210:56:2.09
	latitude = -31:16:37.34
	altitude = 1164
	timezone = -10

observatory = "mcdonald"
	name = "McDonald Observatory"
	longitude = 104.0216667
	latitude = 30.6716667
	altitude = 2075
	timezone = 6

observatory = "lco"
	name = "Las Campanas Observatory"
	longitude = 70:42.1
	latitude = -29:0.2
	altitude = 2282
	timezone = 4

# Submitted by Alan Koski 1/13/93
observatory = "mtbigelow"
	name = "Catalina Observatory: 61 inch telescope"
	longitude = 110:43.9
	latitude = 32:25.0
	altitude = 2510.
	timezone = 7

# Revised by Daniel Durand 2/23/93
observatory = "dao"
	name = "Dominion Astrophysical Observatory"
	longitude = 123:25.0
	latitude = 48:31.3
	altitude = 229
	timezone = 8

# Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93
observatory = "spm"
	name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, San Pedro Martir"
	longitude = 115:29:13
	latitude = 31:01:45
	altitude = 2830
	timezone = 7

# Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93
observatory = "tona"
	name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Tonantzintla"
	longitude = 98:18:50
	latitude = 19:01:58
	timezone = 8

# Submitted by Don Hamilton 8/18/93
observatory = "Palomar"
	name = "The Hale Telescope"
	longitude = 116:51:46.80
	latitude = 33:21:21.6
	altitude = 1706.
	timezone = 8

# Submitted by Pat Seitzer 10/31/93
observatory = "mdm"
	name = "Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory"
	longitude = 111:37.0
	latitude = 31:57.0
	altitude = 1938.5
	timezone = 7

# Submitted by Ignacio Ferrin 9/1/94
observatory = "NOV"
	name = "National Observatory of Venezuela"
	longitude = 70:52.0
	latitude = 8:47.4
	altitude = 3610
	timezone = 4

# Submitted by Alan Welty 10/28/94
observatory = "bmo"
	name = "Black Moshannon Observatory"
	longitude = 78:00.3
	latitude = 40:55.3
	altitude = 738
	timezone = 5

# Submitted by Biwei JIANG 11/28/95
observatory = "BAO"
	name = "Beijing XingLong Observatory"
	longitude = 242:25.5
	latitude = 40:23.6
	altitude = 950.
	timezone = -8

# From Astronomical Almanac 1996
observatory = "keck"
	name = "W. M. Keck Observatory"
	longitude = 155:28.7
	latitude = 19:49.7
	altitude = 4160
	timezone = 10

# Submitted by Lina Tomasella 6/11/96:  Padova Astronomical Obs., Asiago, Italy.
observatory = "ekar"
	name = "Mt. Ekar 182 cm. Telescope"
	longitude = 348:25:07.92
	latitude = 45:50:54.92
	altitude = 1413.69
	timezone = -1

# Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96
observatory = "apo"
	name = "Apache Point Observatory"
	longitude = 105:49.2
	latitude = 32:46.8
	altitude = 2798.
	timezone = 7 

# Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96
observatory = "lowell"
	name = "Lowell Observatory"
	longitude = 111:32.1
	latitude = 35:05.8
	altitude = 2198. 
	timezone = 7 

# Submitted by S.G. Bhargavi 8/12/96
observatory = "vbo"
	name = "Vainu Bappu Observatory"
	longitude = 281.1734
	latitude = 12.57666
	altitude = 725. 
	timezone = -5.5

# Submitted by S. Giridhar 6/28/03
observatory = "iao"
	name = "Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle"
	longitude = 281.03583
	latitude = 32.7794
	altitude = 4500
	timezone = -5.5

# Submitted by Doug Mink 1/6/97
observatory = "flwo"
        name = "Whipple Observatory"
        longitude = 110:52:39
        latitude = 31:40:51.4
        altitude = 2320
        timezone = 7
observatory = "flwo1"
        name = "Whipple Observatory"
        longitude = 110:52:39
        latitude = 31:40:51.4
        altitude = 2320
        timezone = 7

# Submitted by Doug Mink 1/6/97
observatory = "oro"
	name = "Oak Ridge Observatory"
        longitude = 71:33:29.32
        latitude =  42:30:18.94
        altitude =  184
        timezone = 5

# Submitted by Claudia Vilega Rodriques 12/12/97
observatory = "lna"
        name = "Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica - Brazil"
        longitude = 45.5825
        latitude = -22:32:04
        altitude = 1864
        timezone = 3

# Submitted by John Memzies 12/31/99
observatory = "saao"
	name = "South African Astronomical Observatory"
	longitude = 339:11:21.5
	latitude =  -32:22:46
	altitude =  1798
	timezone = -2

# Submitted by Jorge Federico Gonzalez 12/10/98
observatory = "casleo"
        name = "Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, San Juan"
        longitude = 69:18:00 
        latitude = -31:47:57
        altitude = 2552
        timezone = 3

# Submitted by Jorge Federico Gonzalez 12/10/98
observatory = "bosque"
        name = "Estacion Astrofisica Bosque Alegre, Cordoba"
        longitude = 64:32:45
        latitude = -31:35:54
        altitude = 1250
        timezone = 3

# Submitted by Ilian Iliev 1/19/99
observatory = "rozhen"
        name = "National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen - Bulgaria"
	longitude = 335:15:22
	latitude = 41:41:35
	altitude = 1759
	timezone = -2

# Submitted by Bill Vacca 7/14/99
observatory = "irtf"
	name        = "NASA Infrared Telescope Facility"
	longitude   = 155.471999
	latitude    = 19.826218
	altitude    = 4168
	timezone    = 10

# Submitted by Andy Layden 7/16/99
observatory = "bgsuo"
        name = "Bowling Green State Univ Observatory"
        longitude = 83:39:33
        latitude = 41:22:42
        altitude = 225.
        timezone = 5

# Submitted by Oliver-Mark Cordes 8/5/99
observatory = "DSAZ"
        name = "Deutsch-Spanisches Observatorium Calar Alto - Spain"
        longitude = 2:32:46.5
        latitude = 37:13:25
        altitude = 2168
        timezone = -1

# Submitted by Matilde Fernandez 2/2/99
observatory = "ca"
	name = "Calar Alto Observatory"
	longitude = 2:32:46.5
	latitude = 37:13:25
	altitude = 2168
	timezone = -1

# Submitted by Oliver-Mark Cordes 8/5/99
observatory = "holi"
        name = "Observatorium Hoher List (Universitaet Bonn) - Germany"
        longitude = 6.85
        latitude = 50.16276
        altitude = 541
        timezone = -1

# Submitted by Steven Majewski 8/27/99
observatory = "lmo"
        name = "Leander McCormick Observatory"
        longitude = 78:31:24
        latitude =  38:02:00
        altitude = 264
        timezone = 5

# Submitted by Steven Majewski 8/27/99
observatory = "fmo"
        name = "Fan Mountain Observatory"
        longitude = 78:41:36
        latitude =  37:52:42
        altitude = 566 
        timezone = 5

# Submitted by Kim K. McLeod 10/13/1999
observatory = "whitin"
	name = "Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College"
	longitude = 71.305833
	latitude = 42.295
	altitude = 32
	timezone = 5

# Submitted by Nuno Peixinho 6/7/2000
# Parameters for the Sierra Nevada Observatory (Spain)
observatory = "osn"
        name = "Observatorio de Sierra Nevada"
        longitude = 3:23:05
        latitude = 37:03:51
        altitude = 2896
        timezone = -1

# Gemini Observatory - Submitted by Inger Jorgensen 
#
# Gemini-North
# These values are from the aerial survey made Sept 25, 1996
#    http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/coordinates.html

observatory = "gemini-north"
        name = "Gemini North Observatory"
        longitude = 155:28.142805
        latitude = 19:49.42809
        altitude = 4213.4
        timezone = 10

# Gemini-South
# The coordinates are from GPS measurements and the elevation
# is from the Gemini Web pages http://www.gemini.edu/public

#observatory = "gemini-south"
#        name = "Gemini South Observatory"
#        longitude = 70:43.4
#        latitude = -30:13.7
#        altitude = 2737.
#        timezone = 4

# Corrected coords from Bryan Miller, 5/18/2006
observatory = "gemini-south"
        name = "Gemini South Observatory"
        longitude = 70:44.2016
        latitude = -30:14.445
        altitude = 2722.
        timezone = 4

# ESO

observatory = "lasilla"
	name = "European Southern Observatory: La Silla"
	longitude = 70:43.8
	latitude = -29:15.4
	altitude = 2347
	timezone = 4

observatory = "paranal"
	name = "European Southern Observatory: Paranal"
	longitude = 70:24.2
	latitude = -24:37.5
	altitude = 2635
	timezone = 4

# The following additional entries were suppied by Peter Weilbacher
# weilbach@uni-sw.gwdg.de on 28 Jan 2002 13:12:59 -0700.

observatory = "esontt"
	name = "European Southern Observatory, NTT, La Silla"
	longitude = 70:43:54.272
	latitude = -29:15:18.440
	altitude = 2375
	timezone = 4

observatory = "eso36m"
	name = "European Southern Observatory, 3.6m Telescope, La Silla"
	longitude = 70:43:46.606
	latitude = -29:15:25.814
	altitude = 2400
	timezone = 4

observatory = "esovlt"
	name = "European Southern Observatory, VLT, Paranal"
	longitude = 70.4022
	latitude = -24.6253
	altitude = 2648
	timezone = 4


# Submited by Giovanni Catanzaro, 7/17/03.
observatory = "sln"
	name = "SLN - Catania Astrophysical Observatory"
	longitude = 345:01:36
	latitude = 37:41.5
	altitude = 1725.
	timezone = -1


# Submited by Ahmet Devlen, 4/21/04
observatory = "euo"
        name = "Ege University Observatory"
        longitude = -27:16.5
        latitude = 38:23.9
        altitude = 795.
        timezone = 2

# Submitted by Zeki Aslan 8/15/05 who said the "tno" entry was wrong.
#observatory = "tno"
#        name = "Turkiye National Observatory"
#        longitude = -30:21:11
#        latitude = 36:49:28
#        altitude = 2555.
#        timezone = 2
#
observatory = "tug"
        name = "TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey"
	longitude = -30:20:00
	latitude = 36:49:30
	altitude = 2547.
	timezone = -2


# Submited by Ricky Patterson for Vatican Obs. Research Group, 6/15/04
observatory = "mgo"
        name = "Mount Graham Observatory"
        longitude = 109:53:30
        latitude = 32:42:06
        altitude = 3181
        timezone = 7

# Submited by Jeewan C. Bandey 7/28/05
# Changed to W longitude MJF 4/1/06)
# 	(E) longitude = 79.45639
observatory = "aries"
        name = "Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences"
	longitude = 280.54361
	latitude = 29.36
	altitude = 1950.
	timezone = -5.5

# Submitted by Eduardo Fernndez Lajs 10/28/05
observatory = "oalp"                                                            
        name = 'Observatorio Astronmico de La Plata'                           
        longitude = 57:55:56.2782                                               
        latitude = -34:54:24.3040                                               
        altitude = 20.                                                          
        timezone = 3.                                                           

# Submitted by Leslie F. Brown 7/29/06
observatory = "olin"
	name = Connecticut College - Olin Observatory"
	longitude = 72:06:19
	latitude = 41:22:44
	altitude = 85
	timezone = 5

# Submitted by Pat van Heerden 11/20/06
observatory = "boyden"
	name = Boyden Observatory
	longitude = 332:35:40.0
	latitude = -29:02:20
	altitude = 1387
	timezone = -2

# Submitted by Mike Yang 8/19/09
observatory = "lulin"
	name = "Lulin Observatory"
	longitude = 240:52.4
	latitude = 23:28.1
	altitude = 2862.
	timezone = -8

# Submitted by Mairan Teodoro 1/27/10
observatory = "soar" 
	name = "Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope" 
	longitude = 70:44:01.4 
	latitude = -30:14:16.8 
	altitude = 2738 
	timezone = 4

# Submitted from iraf.net 4/12/10
observatory = "baker" 
	name = "Baker Observatory" 
	longitude = 93:02:30.29 
	latitude = 37:23:55.05 
	altitude = 418.2 
	timezone = 6 

# Added MJF 6/1/2010
observatory = "het"
        name = "McDonald Observatory - Hobby-Eberly Telescope"
        longitude = 104.014722222
        latitude = 30.68144444
        altitude = 2026
        timezone = 6

# Submitted by Robert D. Collier 9/1/10
observatory = "jcdo"
       name = "Jack C. Davis Observatory, Western Nevada College"
       longitude = 119:47:26.4
       latitude = 39:11:08.6
       altitude = 1534
       timezone = 8 

# Submitted by mas_nomi1711@yahoo.com 3/16/12
observatory = "lno"
       name = "Langkawi National Observatory"
       longitude = 260:13:08.0
       latitude = 06:18:25.0
       altitude = 111
       timezone = -8 

# Submitted by Eugene Esemenko 4/11/13  (BTA 6m, http://www.sao.ru/Doc-en/)
observatory = "saoras" 
       name = "Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia" 
       longitude = -41:26:25.61 
       latitude = 43:38:48.57 
       altitude = 2080. 
       timezone = -4 

# Submitted by Eugene Esemenko 4/11/13 (http://www.terskol.com/)
observatory = "terskol" 
       name = "Terskol mountain observatory, Russia" 
       longitude = -42:30:00.0 
       latitude = 43:16:22.0 
       altitude = 3100. 
       timezone = -4 

# Submitted by user 11/24/13 
observatory = "soao"
       name = "Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory"
       longitude = 231:32:32.64
       latitude = 36:56:03.88
       altitude = 1378.
       timezone = -9

# Submitted by nmasdiana@gmail.com 12/12/13
       name = "Observatoire de Haute-Provence"
       longitude = 354.2900
       latitude = 43.94
       altitude = 650.
       timezone = 1

# Submitted by G. Altavilla 1/14/14:  Bologna Astronomical Obs., Loiano, Italy.
observatory = "loiano"
       name = "1.52m G.D. Cassini Telescope"
       longitude = 348:39:58
       latitude =  44:15:33
       altitude = 785
       timezone = -1

# Submitted by Alceste Bonanos 2/17/14
observatory = "helmos"
       name = "Helmos Observatory"
       longitude = 22.1961
       latitude = 37.9844
       altitude = 2340
       timezone = -2

# Submitted by Gu Lim 8/19/19
observatory = "sao"
	name = "Seoul National University Astronomical Observatory : 1-m telescope"
	longitude = 233.046667
	latitude = 37.45704167
	altitude = 190.
	timezone = 9

# Submitted by Anael Wunsche 11/26/19
observatory = "obp"
	name = "Observatory of Baronnies Provencales"
	longitude = -05:30.18
	latitude = +44:24.8
	altitude = 820.
	timezone = -1

# Submitted by Parveen 12/16/19
observatory = "MIRO"
        name = "Mount Abu Infrared Observatory"
        longitude = 287.22078
        lattitude = 24.65482
        altitude = 1680
        timezone = -5.5

# Submitted by Barry Rothberg 1/18/24
observatory = "mgio-lbt"
        name = "Large Binocular Telescope"
        longitude = 109:53:20.62992
        latitude = 32:42:04.71261
        altitude = 3221.0
        timezone = 7