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Open house day at Tuorla Observatory 15/5/2004

Open house day at Tuorla Observatory 15/5/2004 Tuorlan Astronomical Society and Tuorla Observatory organized an open house day at Tuorla Observatory on Saturday 15 May 2004. The observatory was open for public from 10 am until 4 pm.

Programme:
- at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00 the history, research and activities of Tuorla Observatory were presented in the observatory seminar room
- a guide presented the workings of telescopes at each of them
- wonders of the night sky were presented several times through the day at the transferrable planetarium of Ursa Astronomical Association
- children were provided with special programme at a specific site

Discourses:
- at 12:00: Leena Tähtinen "Marsin vesi kuohuttaa" (Frothing over the water on Mars)
- at 14:00: Rami Rekola "Mitä uutta Suomen jäsenyys Euroopan eteläisessä observatoriossa ESO:ssa tuo Tuorlalle" (What new will Finland's membership in European Southern Observatory ESO bring to Tuorla)

Our sales junction presented e.g. telescopes and books from StellKronos Oy and Ursa Astronomical Association for sale or ordering at special prices.

The open house day poster (in Finnish):
PDF file in colour (2.5 MB)
A large JPG image in colour (872 kB)
A small JPG image in colour (150 kB)
A large JPG image in black and white (781 kB)
A small JPG image in black and white (131 kB)

Photographs from the events of the open house day

(If you are interested in buying any of these photographs, check the prices and ordering instructions from our price list.)

General photos from the observatory




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Adjacent photo: Rami Rekola
Entrance to new building

Discourses and presentations




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Adjacent photo: Rami Rekola
Leena Tähtinen's discourse on Mars

The one metre telescope




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The one metre telescope dome

70 cm telescope




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Adjacent photo: Aimo Sillanpää
70 cm telescope dome

60 cm telescope




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Adjacent photo: Aimo Sillanpää
60 cm telescope dome

40 cm telescope and Solar presentation




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Adjacent photo: Rami Rekola
Solar presentation at the 40 cm 
telescope

Children's corner




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Adjacent photo: Harry Lehto
A solar system was built in the children's corner

Planetarium




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Adjacent photo: Harry Lehto
The transferrable planetarium of Ursa 
Astronomical Association

Sales junction




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Adjacent photo: Rami Rekola
Bustle at the sales junction

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Adjacent photo: Rami Rekola
Tunnel presentation