🔭 Harestua Solar Observatory

Norway · Europe · 60.21°N, 10.75°E

Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	60.21°N, 10.75°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	6,703 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+0:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 06:54, sets 15:07 — 8 h 13 min of daylight

Harestua Solar Observatory is located in Norway, in Europe.

Closest observatories

Onsala Space Observatory — 320 km away, in Sweden
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory — 385 km away, in Sweden
Kvistaberg Observatory — 391 km away, in Sweden
Stockholm Observatory — 420 km away, in Sweden
Ole Rømer Observatory — 455 km away, in Denmark

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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