Equipment Filter
SAAO STE4 CCD Camera
The SAAO CCD camera is available for direct imaging on the 1.0-m and 1.9-m telescopes.
SAAO Hight Speed Photo Polarimeter - HIPPO
The High Speed Photo Polarimeter (HIPPO) specially designed for high-speed polarization analysis and monitoring.
SAAO Giraffe - Fibre Fed Echelle Spectrograph
The Giraffe-fibre fed Echelle Spectrograph consists of two components:
SAAO Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT)
The Alan Cousins Telescope is a 0.75 m Automatic Photometric Telescope, which was commissioned in mid-2000.
Grubb & Parsons 1.9m Telescope
The 1.9-m Radcliffe telescope was built by Grubb Parsons in 1938-48 for the Radcliffe Observatory in Pretoria.
Grubb & Parsons 1.0m Telescope
The 1-m Elizabeth telescope was built by Grubb Parsons in 1964 and erected orginally in Cape Town.
Grubb & Parsons 0.75m Telescope
The 0.75-m reflector, built by Grubb Parsons, was added to the Multiple Refractor Mounting (MRM) in 1974.
Boller & Chivens 0.5m Telescope
The 0.5-m telescope was built by Boller and Chivens in 1967 for the Republic Observatory, then moved to the current observing sight near Sutherland
SAAO The Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS)
The Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS) is a dual-beam Visible/Near-IR spectrograph that uses Volume Phase Holographic (VPH) gratings to achieve high
Andor iXon Camera DU-888E-C00-UVB
A charge coupled device (CCD) camera consisting of a back illuminated frame transfer chip with 1024x1024, 13-mm pixels.