40-Inch Telescope
40-Inch Telescope is a building in Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape. 40-Inch Telescope is situated nearby to the building MONET/South, as well as near Sutherland Observatory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern African Large Telescope.
Southern African Large Telescope
Building
Photo: Lengau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Southern African Large Telescope 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. Southern African Large Telescope is situated 430 metres north of 40-Inch Telescope.
40-Inch Telescope
Latitude
-32.37972° or 32° 22′ 47″ southLongitude
20.81006° or 20° 48′ 36″ eastOpen location code
4GV2JRC6+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 139670898OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=telescope
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include MONET/South and Sutherland Observatory.
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