Telescope building, Hankasalmi

Hankasalmi Observatory provides ideal facilities and geographical location for nearspacecraft launches.

 
Sirius is an astronomical association located in Jyväskylä, the capital of Central-Finland. Sirius organizes many activities for its members; from deep sky observing to telescope making. It was founded in 1959 and it has it's own observatories in Jyväskylä, Nyrölä and Hankasalmi.

Sirius is the fourth biggest astronomical association in Finland, the largest is URSA (Helsinki, Finland). Purpose of Sirius is to make astronomy better known within local people and work as common forum between amateur astronomers in Jyväskylä area.

The Arctic Nearspace Project team would like to thank Sirius Astronomical Association for their support!