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The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is a 9.2-metre optical telescope designed mainly for spectroscopy. It consists of 91 hexagonal mirror segments each with a 1-metre inscribed diameter, resulting in a total hexagonal mirror of 11.1 by 9.8 m. [ 2 ]
The telescope is a collaboration between Osaka University, University of Maryland, [28] South African Astronomical Observatory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [29] and Astro-Biology Center. The project's primary science objective is the study of exoplanets using gravitational microlensing.
The Radcliffe Telescope is a 74 in (1.9 m) optical/near-infrared reflecting telescope located at the South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa. [ 1 ] When construction was completed in 1948, the Radcliffe was the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere , and the joint-fourth largest in the world.
With the visibility provided by 'Meerkat,' it is now apparent there are at least 1,300 galaxies in that exact spot we used to believe there were only 70.
KAT-7 is a radio telescope situated in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Developed as the precursor engineering test bed to the larger MeerKAT telescope, previously known as Karoo Array Telescope (KAT), it has become a science instrument in its own right. The construction was completed in 2011 and commissioning in ...
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Snowfalls are not infrequent during the southern winter months. The South African Astronomical Observatory has an emplacement of telescopes about 20 km east of the town, on a small plateau 1798 m above sea level, and is home to the Southern African Large Telescope, the largest optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
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