Brorfelde Observatory

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Brorfelde Observatory

Brorfelde Observatory with the building housing the Schmidt telescope at right
Observatory code	054
Location	Holbæk Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark
Coordinates	55°37′29″N 11°39′53″E / 55.624661°N 11.664739°E / 55.624661; 11.664739
Altitude	60 m (200 ft)
Established	1953
Website	observatoriet.dk
Telescopes	Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope
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Brorfelde Observatory (Danish: Brorfelde Observatoriet; obs. code: 054) is an astronomical observatory located in Brorfelde near Holbæk, Denmark. It is home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope and was run as a branch of the Copenhagen University Observatory until 1996. It still has telescopes that are used by University of Copenhagen students, but the operating staff moved to the Rockefeller Complex in Copenhagen.^[1]

Brorfelde Observatory and Brorfelde was a part of a Danish advent calendar running in 2012, and 2019 on DR1 - a Danish national TV channel.^{[citation needed]}