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Tuorla Observatory
OrganizationUniversity of Turku
Observatory code63
LocationPiikkiö, Finland
Coordinates60°24′57″N 22°26′36″E / 60.41583°N 22.44333°E / 60.41583; 22.44333
Altitude60.6 metres (199 ft)
Established1952 (1952)
Websitehttp://www.astro.utu.fi/
Telescopes
unnamed1.0 meter reflector
unnamed2.0 meter solar radio telescope
unnamed0.7 meter Schmidt telescope
unnamed0.6 meter reflector
Tuorla Observatory is located in Finland
Tuorla Observatory
Location of Tuorla Observatory

Tuorla Observatory is the Department of Astronomy at the University of Turku, southwest Finland.[1] It is the largest astronomical research institute in Finland. Together with the Space Research Laboratory at the Physics Department of the University of Turku, it forms the Väisälä Institute of Space Physics and Astronomy (VISPA).

  1. ^ VALTAOJA (Ed), E.; Valtonen, Mauri (1992). Variability of Blazars. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-0-521-41351-0.

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