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SAAO SALTICAM

SAAO SALTICAM

The SALTICAM was designed as a multi-purpose instrument, acting as the telescope acquisition camera as well as a visible band science imager and ph

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope
Sun Micro Systems Storage Area Network

Sun Micro Systems Storage Area Network

A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
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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

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South African Astronomical Observatory
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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

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope

Grubb & Parsons 0.75m Telescope

The 0.75-m reflector, built by Grubb Parsons, was added to the Multiple Refractor Mounting (MRM) in 1974.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope

Grubb & Parsons 1.0m Telescope

The 1-m Elizabeth telescope was built by Grubb Parsons in 1964 and erected orginally in Cape Town.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope

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.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope

SAAO Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT)

The Alan Cousins Telescope is a 0.75 m Automatic Photometric Telescope, which was commissioned in mid-2000.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
Telescope
Luwa Class 10000 Clean Room

Luwa Class 10000 Clean Room

Cleanrooms are classified according to the number and size of particles permitted per volume of air.

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South African Astronomical Observatory
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Perkin Elmer TopCount NXT Microplate Reader - TopCount Liquid Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Reader TopCount Liquid Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Reader

Perkin Elmer TopCount NXT Microplate Reader - TopCount Liquid Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Reader TopCount Liquid Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Reader

TopCount NXT is a fully contained 

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Mintek
OtherTopCount Liquid Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Reader