Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located in a natural bowl of hills at Hartebeesthoek just south of the Magaliesberg mountain range, and about 50 km west of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industry
- Description: Radio astronomy observatory located in South Africa
- Also known as: “Deep Space Station 51” and “HartRAO”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hekpoort.
Hekpoort
Village
Hekpoort is a small town in Gauteng, South Africa on the R560 road near the Magaliesberg mountain range. The town is around 60 km southwest of Pretoria. Hekpoort is situated 7 km west of Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: North West Province, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.89001° or 25° 53′ 24″ southLongitude
27.68514° or 27° 41′ 7″ eastInception
1961Open location code
5G694M5P+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 409606036OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5674347
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hartebeesthoek Radioteleskoop”
- Czech: “HartRAO”
- Czech: “observatoř Hartebeesthoek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد هارتبيستهوك الراديوى لعلم الفلك”
- French: “HartRAO”
- French: “Observatoire de radioastronomie de Hartebeesthoek”
- German: “Radio-Observatorium Hartebeesthoek”
- Japanese: “ハルトエベーステック電波天文台”
- Slovenian: “HartRAO”
- Slovenian: “Radijski astronomski observatorij Hartebeesthoek”
- Ukrainian: “Радіоастрономічна обсерваторія Хартбістхук”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (Precursor) and Hartebeeshoek Space Operations.
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