📡 São Gião Radio Telescope

Portugal · Europe · 40.33°N, 7.81°W

Quick facts

Country	Portugal
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	40.33°N, 7.81°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	4,490 km north of it
Solar time	UTC-0:30 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 07:07, sets 17:23 — 10 h 15 min of daylight

São Gião Radio Telescope is located in Portugal, in Europe.

Closest radio telescopes

Yebes Observatory RT40m — 400 km away, in Spain
IRAM 30m telescope — 528 km away, in Spain
Nançay radio telescope — 1,120 km away, in France
EMBRACE (telescope) — 1,121 km away, in Netherlands
KOSMA — 1,410 km away, in Switzerland

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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