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Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network".
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are housed. Historic telescopes are also found at the headquarters in a number of domes and a small museum that displays scientific instruments. The South
African Astronomical Observatory is administered at present as a National Facility under management of the National Research Foundation (NRF),
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The SAAO has links worldwide for scientific and technological collaboration. Instrumental contributions from the South
African Astronomical Observatory include the development of a spherical aberration corrector and the
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November 2005. It is the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 meters across. SALT shares similarities with the
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SAGOS consist of a 1 Hz permanent GPS station, a superconducting gravimeter, meteorological sensors, and a tri-axial magnetometer. The GPS station is also used in support of the
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The 20" telescope was replaced with the
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is a 1.8 metres (71 in) telescope located in Sutherland. PRIME achieved first light on October 8, 2022. Currently PRIME has a
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Hessman, F. V.; Romero, E. (May 2003). "Running MONET and SALT with Remote Telescope Markup Language 3.0".
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Using the SAAO Automatic Photometric Telescope to Study the Long-Term Lightcurves of Cataclysmic Variables
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Baliyan, K. S.; Ganesh, S.; Joshi, U. C.; Glass, I. S. (2003).
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1703:"Near Infrared Survey of the Galactic Nuclear Bulge Region"
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Other optical observatories and telescopes in South Africa
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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national library for astronomy and computer facilities
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757:Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
751:Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
547:The observatory operates from the campus of the
216:- As the South African Astronomical Observatory
2022:P. Sybilski & S.K. Kozłowsk (August 2011).
2002:"PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment"
1269:"Additional information about SAAO Sutherland"
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1710:Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
1432:Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy III
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202:- As the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope
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1123:National Research Foundation of South Africa
1066:array, installed at ESO La Silla in Chile.
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81:National Research Foundation of South Africa
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888:. The aims of Project Solaris is to detect
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1457:"The Principal Observatories of the World"
1212:Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
1154:International Deployment of Accelerometers
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1611:"Automatic Photometric Telescope (APT)"
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1223:Magnetic observatories in South Africa
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1138:Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
908:Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
469:The history of the SAAO began when the
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705:Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
699:Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
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1086:List of observatory codes § A60
1051:List of observatory codes § L66
549:Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
2315:1972 establishments in South Africa
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1387:"Royal archive winners before 1900"
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805:in Texas. The MONET telescopes are
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1152:The SUR station forms part of the
994:Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
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1409:"Royal Medal Winners:1949 – 1900"
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850:NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
815:Remote Telescope Markup Language
799:MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes
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656:University of London Observatory
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711:Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF)
485:on two occasions; the first to
340:modified Dall-Kirkham telescope
1798:"First Light with MASTER-SAAO"
1249:"SAAO Annual Review 2020-2021"
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2087:"Welcome to the WASP website"
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982:Wide Angle Search for Planets
703:One of six telescopes in the
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1158:Global Seismographic Network
735:to improve on data from the
731:used this telescope for the
681:Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT)
2274:SuperWASP-South live status
2089:. SuperWASP. Archived from
1547:"Radcliffe 74-inch (1.9-m)"
598:A 0.75 metres (30 in)
515:(CSIR) of South Africa and
207:; 52 years ago
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2284:SUR listing at Project IDA
1960:"UMD Astronomy: 2022 News"
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2193:University of Cape Town
1668:The Astronomical Herald
1358:Clark, Gregory (2017).
868:Solaris-1 and Solaris-2
811:University of Göttingen
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1939:"SAAO | Astronomers"
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930:(Near Earth Objects)
890:circumbinary planets
854:Astro-Biology Center
803:McDonald Observatory
744:Astronomical surveys
585:Republic Observatory
502:Republic Observatory
308:75 cm reflector
191:20 October 1820
105:Major telescopes in
2269:KELT-South Homepage
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1925:2003AAS...202.3809H
1760:2013PASP..125.1031B
1722:2003BASI...31..403B
1680:2005AstHe..98..137N
1647:on 9 September 2012
1591:on 9 September 2012
1411:. The Royal Society
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1073:MeerLICHT telescope
884:are both 0.5m f/15
729:Department of Space
650:Radcliffe Telescope
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2264:SuperWASP Homepage
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2093:on 8 December 2002
1804:. 23 December 2014
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1354:Retail Price Index
1331:The New York Times
1275:on 14 October 2010
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