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Users of the CFHT

The CFHT is mainly used by Canadian and French astronomers as well as by astronomers affiliated with University of Hawaii.

  • Canadian astronomers belong to CASCA, the Canadian Astronomical Society/Société Canadienne d'astronomie. On that website can be found a list of Canadian Astronomy/Physics Departments and Canadian Observatories .

  • In France, the Société Française d'astronomie et d'astrophysique is an association of people working in astronomy. Its website lists French observatories and research institutes and government agencies which deal with astronomy in France.

  • The Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii has faculty and staff members who conduct research in various fields of astronomy, are involved in astronomy education, and in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Mauna Kea.

    • In addition to these users, CFHT is currently open for use by astronomers in China. China's access to CFHT started in mid-2011, thanks to a collaborative agreement between CFHT and the National Astronomical Observatory of China (NAOC) (Beijing).

    In the period 2024-2028, CFHT - through the French Agency, CNRS - is participating in the ACME project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 101131928. The ACME - Astrophysics Centre for Multimessenger Studies in Europe project enables Transnational Access, based on scientific merit, to a wide range of complementary astroparticle, high-energy, and astronomical research Infrastructures to support groundbreaking science in multi-messenger astrophysics.

    Tawainese astronomers previously had access through a continuing collaboration on CFHT's new generation of instruments that started with WIRCam. The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics is CFHT's main partner, but Taiwanese universities are also participating in this collaboration.

    From mid-2009 to 2015, Brazilian astronomers had access through a collaboration between CFHT and the Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica.

    Through its French connection, CFHT was also open for a few nights a year to the European astronomers through the OPTICON Trans-national Access Programme.