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SALT benefits small South African town
The scientific benefits of the Southern African Large Telescope are well documented. Less
attention has been paid to the collateral benefits - the socio-economic growth in the small town
of Sutherland and the boost to education across the region and further afield.
Southern African Large Telescope: Africa’s eye on the universe
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope
in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres in
diameter giving it the ability to record distant stars, galaxies and quasars a billion
times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye.
Connectivity boost for SALT, SKA
South African astronomy is set to receive a major boost, in the form of R100-million, ultra-high speed broadband link between the remote Northern Cape sites of the Southern African Large Telescope and Square Kilometre Array and the SA National Research Network backbone in Cape Town.
African eyes on the universe
The Southern African Large Telescope is
housed at the Sutherland Observatory in
the remote Northern Cape province.
(Image: Graeme Williams,
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