---
title: "Retrieve information about observatories"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/data_distribution/observatories"
tags: ["Data Distribution"]
---

# Retrieve information about observatories

`GET /api/v1/data_distribution/observatories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.phys.ucalgary.ca` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.phys.ucalgary.ca/api/v1/data_distribution/observatories`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/ucalgary/apis/ucalgary-space-remote-sensing-api/docs/api/v1/data_distribution/observatories/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Retrieve information about observatories. Filter based on parameters supplied.

Notes:
  - filtering for "uid" is case insensitive

## Query parameters

- `instrument_array` 'norstar_riometer' | 'rego' | 'smile_asi' | 'swan_hsr' | 'themis_asi' | 'trex_blue' | 'trex_nir' | 'trex_rgb' | 'trex_spectrograph', required
- `uid` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Observatory information

- Observatory[]
  - `uid` string, required
  - `full_name` string, required
  - `geodetic_latitude` number, required
  - `geodetic_longitude` number, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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