Visitor’s Telescopes

Visitor’s Telescopes is a building in Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape. Visitor’s Telescopes is situated nearby to Sutherland Observatory, as well as near the building MONET/South.

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Highlights include Southern African Large Telescope.

Southern African Large Telescope

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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 620 metres northeast of Visitor’s Telescopes.

Visitor’s Telescopes

Type: Building
Location: Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-32.3789° or 32° 22′ 44″ south

Longitude

20.80525° or 20° 48′ 19″ east

Open location code

4GV2JRC4+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139670913

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sutherland Observatory and MONET/South.

Nearby Places

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