Kevola Observatory

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Kevola Observatory

Organization	Turun Ursa ry
Observatory code	064
Location	Kevola, Paimio, Finland
Coordinates	60°25′12″N 22°45′54″E / 60.42000°N 22.76500°E / 60.42000; 22.76500
Established	1963 (1963)
Website	www.ursa.fi/yhd/TurunUrsa/english.html
Telescopes
unnamed 50 cm Schmidt-Väisälä camera unnamed 18 cm refractor unnamed 8 cm refractor
Location of Kevola Observatory
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The Kevola Observatory is located in Kevola in Paimio in South-Western Finland, some 35 km east from the city of Turku. The observatory is currently owned by Turun Ursa ry, a local astronomical association operating in Turku area. The buildings of the observatory include an observatory dome, a zenith observatory, and a house for recording observations.

Kevola Observatory has code 064 in the IAU/MPC observatory list. The main-belt asteroid 1540 Kevola was named after the observatory.