| Telescope | Type | Wavelength | Size | Countries/Organization | First Light | ||||
| UH 0.6m Telescope | Optical/Infrared | 0.6m | University of Hawaii | 1968 | |||||
| UH 2.2m Telescope | Optical/Infrared | 2.2m | University of Hawaii | 1970 | |||||
| NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) | Infrared | 3.0m | NASA | 1979 | |||||
| Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) | Optical/Infrared | 3.6m | Canada/France/UH | 1979 | |||||
| United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) | Infrared | 0.8 to 30 microns | 3.8m | United Kingdom | 1979 | ||||
| W.M. Keck Observatory Keck I | Optical/Infrared | 0.3 to 5 microns | 10m | Caltech/University of California | 1992 | ||||
| W.M. Keck Observatory Keck II | Optical/Infrared | 0.3 to 5 microns | 10m | Caltech/University of California | 1996 | ||||
| Subaru Telescope (NAOJ) | Optical/Infrared | 0.3 to 25 microns | 8.2m | Japan (NAOJ) | 1999 | ||||
| Gemini North Telescope | Optical/Infrared | 0.35 to 25 microns | 8.1m | USA/UK/Canada/Argentina /Australia/Brazil/Chile |
1999 | ||||
| Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) | Submillimeter | 300 microns to 2.1 millimeters | 10.4m | Caltech/NSF | 1987 | ||||
| James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) | Submillimeter | 200 microns to 2 millimeters | 15m | UK/Canada/Netherlands | 1987 | ||||
| Submillimeter Array (SMA) | Submillimeter | 8X6m | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Taiwan |
2002 | |||||
| Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) | Radio | 25m | NRAO/AUI/NSF | 1992 |