Hankasalmi Observatory ( fi, Hankasalmen observatorio) is a remote-controlled
astronomical observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. His ...
in
Hankasalmi
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Han ...
,
Finland. It is owned and operated by astronomy club Jyväskylän Sirius ry. The observaory has a robotic 40 cm
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, an all-sky camera and a 3-meter
radio telescope
A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency ...
. The optical telescope is used mainly for pro-am research of variable stars and comets.
See also
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List of astronomical observatories
References
Astronomical observatories in Finland
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