Iso-Heikkilä Observatory
| Organization | Turun Ursa ry | ||||||
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| Observatory code | 062 | ||||||
| Location | Iso-Heikkilä, Turku, Finland | ||||||
| Coordinates | 60°27′07″N 22°13′47″E / 60.45205°N 22.2298°E | ||||||
| Established | 1937 | ||||||
| Website | www.astro.utu.fi www.ursa.fi/yhd | ||||||
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Iso-Heikkilä Observatory (Finnish: Iso-Heikkilän tähtitorni, Swedish: Storheikkilä observatorium) is an amateur astronomical observatory used by a local amateur astronomical association, Turun Ursa ry in the Iso-Heikkilä district of Turku, Finland.
Referred to as Turku Observatory (062) by the Minor Planet Center, it was previously operated by the University of Turku from 1937 to 1972, and is the observatory where several Finnish discoverers of minor planets made their observations.