Tuorla Observatory
| Organization | University of Turku | ||||||||
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| Observatory code | 63 | ||||||||
| Location | Piikkiö, Finland | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°24′57″N 22°26′36″E / 60.41583°N 22.44333°E | ||||||||
| Altitude | 60.6 metres (199 ft) | ||||||||
| Established | 1952 | ||||||||
| Website | http://www.astro.utu.fi/ | ||||||||
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Tuorla Observatory is the Department of Astronomy at the University of Turku, southwest Finland. 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).