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18 relations: Amateur astronomy, Baseline (surveying), Comet, Finland, Iso-Heikkilä, Kevola Observatory, List of minor planet discoverers, Minor planet, Minor Planet Center, Observatory, Optics, Schmidt-Väisälä camera, Surveying, Telescope, Tuorla Observatory, Turku, University of Turku, Yrjö Väisälä.
Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy is a hobby whose participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes.
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Baseline (surveying)
In surveying, a baseline is a line between two points on the earth's surface and the direction and distance between them.
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Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
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Finland
Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.
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Iso-Heikkilä
Iso-Heikkilä (Finnish; Storheikkilä in Swedish) is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland.
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Kevola Observatory
The Kevola Observatory is located in Kevola in Paimio in South-Western Finland, some 35 km east from the city of Turku.
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List of minor planet discoverers
This is a list of all astronomers who are credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of one or several minor planets.
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Minor planet
A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.
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Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.
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Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.
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Optics
Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it.
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Schmidt-Väisälä camera
The Schmidt-Väisälä camera is a type of astronomical telescope intended for wide-field (5 to 10 degrees of arc) photographic work.
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Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.
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Telescope
A telescope is an optical instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light).
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Tuorla Observatory
Tuorla Observatory is the Department of Astronomy at the University of Turku, southwest Finland.
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Turku
Turku (Åbo) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland.
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University of Turku
The University of Turku (in Finnish Turun yliopisto, in Swedish Åbo universitet, shortened in UTU), located in Turku in southwestern Finland (EU), is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrollment, after University of Helsinki.
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Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä (6 September 1891 in Utra, Kontiolahti, Grand Duchy of Finland – 21 July 1971 in Rymättylä, Finland) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.
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