# Toruń

*Observatory*

Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Piwnice

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Where it is | 53.1000° N, 18.5600° E |
| State | PL |
| What is done there | radio observatory |
| Dish | 32 m |
| Still working | yes |

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## What it is

The Institute of Astronomy of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, known prior to 1 October 2019 in scientific publications as the Toruń Centre for Astronomy, is an optical and radio observatory located at in Piwnice, about 15 km north of Toruń, Poland. It houses two single-dish antenna telescopes, 32 metres and 15 metres in diameter, as well as the largest Polish optical telescope – 90 cm Schmidt-Cassegrain camera.

## Elsewhere

- This place on the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/?at=53.10,18.56
- The article this row is vouched by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%C5%84_Centre_for_Astronomy
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt

## Where this came from

Compiled 2026-09-17. Selected by hand for this project. Description from Wikipedia (en). Description: CC BY-SA 4.0.