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The observatory operates from the campus of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope that was established in 1820 [9] in the suburb of Observatory, Cape Town. The major observing facilities are, however, located near the town of Sutherland some 370 kilometres (230 mi) [2] from Cape Town. Sutherland was chosen because of its reliably clear and ...
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).
The Royal Observatory in Observatory, Cape Town, houses the McClean Telescope. The building was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1897. The original buildings now serve as the headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory , with an on-site museum exhibiting various historic instruments and telescopes.
Cape Town; Sutherland; 1820; 1972; Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa; Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR) 2004 Cerro Pachón, Chile South Pole Telescope: 2007 Antarctica Spanish National Observatory: 1790 Madrid, Spain Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences: 1966
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The constellation Crux as it can be seen by the naked eye Crux with clouds, from Cape Town. Within the constellation's borders, there are 49 stars brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6.5. [c] [18] The four main stars that form the asterism are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Crucis. α Crucis or Acrux is a triple star 321 light-years ...
However, its effective aperture is only 9.2 m. It is located close to the town of Sutherland in the semi-desert region of the Karoo, South Africa. It is a facility of the South African Astronomical Observatory, the national optical observatory of South Africa. SALT is the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere.
The OAD was established on the 16th of April 2011 at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape Town. [5] It was launched by the South African Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor. [6] [7]