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Onsala Space Observatory

Onsala Space Observatory, the Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy, provides scientists with equipment to study the Earth and the rest of the Universe.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Onsala, Sweden
  • Also known as: “OSO” and “Swedish National Facility for Radio Astronomy”

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Onsala Space Observatory

Latitude
57.39367° or 57° 23′ 37″ north
Longitude
11.91917° or 11° 55′ 9″ east
Operator
Chalmers Tekniska Högskola
Open location code
9F9H9WV9+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40040124
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amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q929994
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Onsala Space Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Observatori Espacial Onsala”
  • Chinese: “昂薩拉太空天文台”
  • Chinese: “昂薩拉太空天文臺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد اونسالا الفضائى”
  • French: “observatoire spatial d’Onsala”
  • French: “Observatoire spatial d’Onsala”
  • German: “Weltraumobservatorium Onsala”
  • Hungarian: “Onsala Világűr Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Onsala Space Observatory”
  • Japanese: “オンサラ天文台”
  • Japanese: “オンサラ宇宙天文台”
  • Luxembourgish: “Onsala Space Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Onsala rymdobservatorium”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Astronómico de Onsala”
  • Russian: “Онсальская астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Унсала”
  • Russian: “Унсальская астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljski observatorij Onsala”
  • Swedish: “Onsala rymdobservatorium”
  • Ukrainian: “Унсальська космічна обсерваторія”

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