South African Astronomical Observatory

The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is a facility of the National Research Foundation, which operates under the Department of Science and Technology.

SAAO’s headquarters are in the aptly named suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. The main telescopes used for research are located at the SAAO observation station 15Kms from the small Karoo town of Sutherland in the Northern Cape, a 4-hour drive from Cape Town.

Equipment at this Institution

1	Andor iXon Camera DU-888E-C00-UVB
2	SAAO SALT Telescope
3	SAAO SALTICAM
4	Sun Micro Systems Storage Area Network
5	SAAO The Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS)
6	Boller & Chivens 0.5m Telescope
7	Grubb & Parsons 0.75m Telescope
8	Grubb & Parsons 1.0m Telescope
9	Grubb & Parsons 1.9m Telescope
10	SAAO Alan Cousins Telescope (ACT)
11	Luwa Class 10000 Clean Room
12	Maximart BMC-5A CNC Milling Machine
13	SAAO Giraffe - Fibre Fed Echelle Spectrograph
14	SAAO Hight Speed Photo Polarimeter - HIPPO
15	SAAO STE4 CCD Camera

Locations

Agricultural Research Council	North West University	University of Johannesburg
Cape Penninsula University of Technology	Oceanographic Research Institute	University of KwaZulu-Natal
Central University of Technology	Rhodes University	University of Limpopo
Centre for Proteomics and Genomics Research	Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University	University of Pretoria
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	South African Astronomical Observatory	University of South Africa
Durban University of Technology	South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)	University of the Free State
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)	University of the Western Cape
iThemba LABS	South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	University of the Witwatersrand
Mintek	South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)	University of Venda
National Institute for Communicable Diseases	Stellenbosch University	University of Zululand
National Museum	Tshwane University of Technology	Vaal University of Technology
National Zoological Gardens	University of Cape Town	Walter Sisulu University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	University of Fort Hare

South African Astronomical Observatory

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