Misplaced Pages

Nyrölä Observatory

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Nyrölän observatorio) Observatory
Nyrölä Observatory
OrganizationJyväskylän Sirius ry
Observatory code 174 Edit this on Wikidata
LocationNyrölä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Coordinates62°20′32″N 25°30′47″E / 62.34222°N 25.51306°E / 62.34222; 25.51306
Altitude200 metres (660 ft)
Websitewww.ursa.fi/sirius/nytt/nytt_info.html
Telescopes
unnamed40 cm Meade LX200
unnamed20 cm Meade LX200
Nyrölä Observatory is located in FinlandNyrölä ObservatoryLocation of Nyrölä Observatory
[edit on Wikidata]

Nyrölä Observatory (Finnish: Nyrölän observatorio) is an amateur astronomical observatory in Finland. It is owned and operated by the astronomical association Jyväskylän Sirius ry, and located in the countryside village of Nyrölä near Jyväskylä.

Discoveries: asteroid 22978 Nyrola that was the first asteroid discovered by Finnish amateur astronomers, Harri Hyvönen, Marko Moilanen and Arto Oksanen. The Minor Planet Center currently credits this discovery to the observatory (MPC).

See also

References

External links

Portals:


Stub icon

This article about a specific observatory, telescope or astronomical instrument is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a Finnish building or structure is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: