📡 Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Netherlands · Europe · 52.91°N, 6.60°E

Quick facts

Country	Netherlands
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	52.91°N, 6.60°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	5,890 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 06:36, sets 15:59 — 9 h 23 min of daylight

Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope is located in Netherlands, in Europe.

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Low-Frequency Array — 18 km away
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Stockert Radio Telescope — 261 km away, in Germany
Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope — 267 km away, in Germany
Cambridge Interferometer — 446 km away, in United Kingdom

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

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Dwingeloo Radio Observatory · EMBRACE (telescope) · Low-Frequency Array.

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