Organization: | Jyväskylän Sirius ry |
Location: | Nyrölä, Jyväskylä, Finland |
Coords: | 62.3422°N 25.5131°W |
Altitude: | 200m (700feet) |
Telescope1 Name: | unnamed |
Telescope1 Type: | 40 cm Meade LX200 |
Telescope2 Name: | unnamed |
Telescope2 Type: | 20 cm Meade LX200 |
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 .