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Catalogue

We sell our own services and products, and products of Ursa Astronomical association and Nordic Optical Telescope. This page lists all the products we sell; please see our observatory presentations and discourses at the bottom of the page. Please, click on any picture to see it enlarged.

Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Tuorla Observatory T-shirt (2 different logos, either logo is available white on black shirt or black on white shirt; other shirt colours are also possible; time of delivery is 4-6 weeks when ordered) 10.00 8.00
Picture Yrjö Väisälä - Tuorlan taikuri (ed. Aimo Niemi; interesting set of essays of the life of professor and academician Yrjö Väisälä; personal memories by people who knew him; mainly in Finnish, partly in Swedish) 12.00 10.00
Picture Theses by the observatory staff (a large selection of doctoral theses from a variety of topics by the observatory staff over several decades; in English) 2.00 - 5.00 1.00 - 2.00
Picture Conference bag, 1999 (a surplus bag from Small Galaxy Groups conference; spacious and of good quality) 10.00 8.00
Picture Conference bag, 2002 (a surplus bag from High Energy Blazar Astronomy conference; of good quality, with many departments) 10.00 8.00
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Collector's cards, series 2 (astronomical objects photographed with telescopes of Tuorla Observatory; price for a set of five cards) 1.00 0.75
Picture Collector's cards, series 3 (Nordic Optical Telescope, NOT, on the island of La Palma at Canary Islands; price for a set of five cards) 1.00 0.75
Picture Collector's cards, series 4 (astronomical objects photographed with Nordic Optical Telescope; price for a set of five cards) 1.00 0.75
Picture Collector's cards, series 5 (European Southern Observatory, ESO, domes and telescopes on mount La Silla, Chile; price for a set of five cards) 1.00 0.75
Picture Collector's cards, a single card (any single card from the above-mentioned sets) 0.25 0.20
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture A4 posters (sceneries from observatories, Tuorla and elsewhere, and best images taken with telescopes) 5.00 4.00
Picture Sky charts (a sky chart specifically made for the moment of your choosing; accurate positions of the Sun, the Moon, and planets; impressive illustrations; size A4; a marvellous idea as a birthday present) 50.00 45.00
Picture Annual reports of the NOT (description of the operation of the Nordic Optical Telescope during the year in question; several fine colour images; in English) 10.00 10.00
Picture NOT conference book, 2000 (The NOT in the 2000's; ed. Nils Bergvall, Leo O. Takalo, Vilppu Piirola; in English) 30.00 30.00
Picture NOT conference book, 1998 (Astrophysics with the NOT; ed. Hannu Karttunen, Vilppu Piirola; in English) 30.00 30.00
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Avoin tie - kurkistuksia tulevaisuuteen (author: Esko Valtaoja; in Finnish) 25.00 20.00
Picture Havaitseva tähtitiede (author: Kari Nilsson, Leo Takalo, Jukka Piironen; in Finnish) 19.00 16.00
Picture Kotona maailmankaikkeudessa (author: Esko Valtaoja; in Finnish) 24.39 19.30
Picture Maailmankaikkeuden mitat (authors: Philip Morrison, Phylis Morrison; in Finnish) 20.00 16.00
Picture Maailmankaikkeus 2007 (authors: Asko Palviainen, Heikki Oja; in Finnish) 17.00 13.50
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Missä kaikki ovat? (author: Stephen Webb; in Finnish) 30.00 24.00
Picture Planeetta Maan elämä ja kuolema (authors: Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee; in Finnish) 28.00 22.00
Picture Polaris (author: Heikki Oja; in Finnish) 17.00 13.50
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Tiedettä kaikille: Fysiikka (author: Hannu Karttunen; in Finnish) 24.00 19.00
Picture Tiedettä kaikille: Matematiikka (author: Hannu Karttunen; in Finnish) 24.00 19.00
Picture Tiedettä kaikille: Tähtitiede (authors: Hannu Karttunen, Markku Sarimaa; in Finnish) 24.00 19.00
Picture Tähdet 2007 (ed. Hannu Karttunen, Olli Manner, Veikko Mäkelä, Matti Suhonen; in Finnish) 12.00 10.00
Picture Tähdet 2006 (ed. Hannu Karttunen, Olli Manner, Veikko Mäkelä, Matti Suhonen; in Finnish) 4.00 4.00
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Tähtitieteen harjoitustehtäviä (author: Hannu Karttunen, Pekka Kröger, Markku Poutanen; in Finnish) 15.98 12.75
Picture Tähtitieteen perusteet (author: Hannu Karttunen, Karl Johan Donner, Pekka Kröger, Heikki Oja, Markku Poutanen; in Finnish) 45.00 36.00
Picture Ursan tähtikartasto (ed. Hannu Karttunen, Olli Manner, Pentti Tuovinen; in Finnish) 19.00 15.00
Picture Vanhin tiede (author: Hannu Karttunen; in Finnish) 30.00 24.00
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members
Picture Planisphere (a nice accessory for watching stars and constellations; in Finnish) 12.61 10.00
Picture Solar Eclipse Glasses (a nice accessory for watching solar eclipses) 12.61 10.00
Picture An issue of 'Tähdet ja avaruus' magazine (a very nice magazine by Ursa Astronomical association; in Finnish) 6.50 6.50
Picture An issue of 'Tähdet ja avaruus' magazine (issues from previous years) 2.00 2.00
Picture Description Price (EUR) Price for our members

Presentation / discourse Price
The Sun (30 min. discourse & 30 min. conversation of properties and research of the Sun, the source of all our energy) 200 EUR (at most 40 participants)
The Milky Way and other galaxies (30 min. discourse & 30 min. conversation of our home galaxy, its neighbours and what galaxies reall are all about) 200 EUR (at most 40 participants)
Chronology (45 min. discourse & 15 min. conversation of how our chronology evolved into its current state and what this state actually is) 200 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (all the 8 below-mentioned discourses) 800 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (contents of all 8 below-mentioned discourses in a 2 x 34 min. summary) 500 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 1: 45 min. discourse on astronomy in ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Mesopotamia) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 2: 45 min. discourse on astronomical achievements of India, China and American Indians) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 3: 45 min. discourse on Copernican revolution; lives and deeds of Copernicus, Kepler, Galilei and Newton) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 4: 45 min. discourse on the research of the solar system; discovery and identification of its objects and its physical workings) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 5: 45 min. discourse on development of astrophysics and cosmology; the structure and operation on the Universe) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 6: 45 min. discourse on development of astronomical measuring equipments; everything from telescopes to observational satellites) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 7: 45 min. discourse on objects and nomenclature of the celestial sphere; constellations, planets, galaxies, etc.) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)
History of Astronomy (Part 8: 45 min. discourse on the history of Finnish astronomy from Turku Academy to Tuorla Observatory) 120 EUR (at most 50 participants)

We also handle reservations of Tuorla Observatory lecture hall for conference use. Please, see further information on the observatory page of lecture hall reservations.