LOFAR

LOFAR is a building in , . LOFAR is situated nearby to , as well as near the historic site .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leviathan of Parsonstown and Birr Castle.

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The , or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope in California in 1917. is situated 360 metres northeast of LOFAR.

Castle
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is a castle in the town of in , . It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the castle is generally not open to the public, though the grounds and gardens of the demesne are publicly accessible, and include a science museum and a café, a reflecting telescope which was the largest in the world for decades and a modern radio telescope.

Community center
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is a community center, which is situated 540 metres east of LOFAR.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birr and Riverstown.

Photo: Magrietha Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 4700 in 2022. It’s a well-preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.

Village
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is a small village straddling the border between Counties and on the outskirts of in . It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river.

Village
, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in , , close to . was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 682 people.

LOFAR

Latitude
53.09469° or 53° 5′ 41″ north
Longitude
-7.92153° or 7° 55′ 18″ west
Height
0.7 metres (2.3 feet)
Open location code
9C5J33VH+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 802696685
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­telescope
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