Brorfelde Observatory

Brorfelde Observatory
Brorfelde Observatory with the building housing the Schmidt telescope at right
Named afterBrorfelde Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory code 054 Edit this on Wikidata
LocationHolbæk Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark
Coordinates55°37′29″N 11°39′53″E / 55.624661°N 11.664739°E / 55.624661; 11.664739
Altitude60 m (200 ft)
Established1953 Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteobservatoriet.dk
Telescopes
  • Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope Edit this on Wikidata
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Brorfelde Observatory (Danish: Brorfelde Observatoriet; observatory code 054) is an astronomical observatory located in Brorfelde near Holbæk, Denmark. It is home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope and was run as a branch of the Copenhagen University Observatory until 1996. It still has telescopes that are used by University of Copenhagen students, but the operating staff moved to the Rockefeller Complex in Copenhagen.

Brorfelde Observatory and Brorfelde was a part of a Danish advent calendar running in 2012, and 2019 on DR1 - a Danish national TV channel.

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