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The buildings of the South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town. The history of the SAAO began when the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope was founded in 1820, the first scientific institution in Africa. [3] Construction of the main buildings was completed in 1829 at a cost of £30,000 [4] (equivalent to £3.3 million in 2025 [5]).
The OAD is jointly funded by the International Astronomical Union and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. [3]The office consists of eleven regional offices located in Armenia, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, the Netherlands, United States, and Zambia which have similar objectives to the OAD but with regional focus.
The Cape catalogue of 1159 stars, deduced from observations at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, 1856–1861, reduced to the epoch 1860. Cape Town: S Solomon. Stone, Edward James; Maclear, Thomas (1871). Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope in the year 1856. S Solomon. Warner, Brian (1979).
In 1918, the Johannesburg Astronomical Association was created, with RTA Innes, Union Astronomer, as President. In 1922 it was decided to merge the two Associations to form the Astronomical Society of South Africa after an invitation from the Cape Association. [2] In 1956 the name was amended to become the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa.
The Observatory Civics Association is a member of the Greater Cape Town Civic Alliance. [13] The OCA worked with the City of Cape Town to upgrade the Village Green and relocate the World War II memorial from the N2. In November 2009, the Observatory Improvement District was launched to enhance the suburb with better security and maintenance.
Michael William Feast (29 December 1926 [1] [2] – 1 April 2019) was a British-South African astronomer. He served as Director of the South African Astronomical Observatory from 1976–1992, then became a professor at the University of Cape Town.