Historical telescopes in Cape Town are still regularly used for outreach and public events. Since 1972
SAAO astronomers have benefited from the dark
Unpolluted skies of the Karoo
With little to no heavy cloud cover to negatively affect observing.
Work on stars whose size and light vary resulted in the International Astronomical Union (IAU) sponsoring a conference on these variable stars in Cape Town in 1995 – the first IAU conference ever to meet in Africa.
] Professional observatories in southern Africa include
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
Boyden Observatory
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)
UNISA Observatory
And the HESS Gamma-Ray Telescopes.
This observatory is a fundamental part of South Africa’s long history of astronomical research
Which began when French academic Nicolas-Louis de La Caille visited Cape Town from 1751 to 1753. He undertook a careful examination of every square degree of the southern sky.
SAAO The South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town is the oldest permanent observatory in the southern hemisphere: it turned 200 in 2020. This observatory is a fundamental part of South Africa’s long history of astronomical research, which began when French academic Nicolas-Louis de La Caille visited Cape Town from 1751 to 1753.
The first permanent astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere, devoted to the scientific study of the Universe, was establish in 1820 in Cape Town, as the “Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope. The development of scientific astronomy in South Africa is a fascinating tale of discovery and exploration. [ find out more… ]
Until recently, South Africa with the Southern African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO), Namibia with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS), and Morocco, Algeria and Egypt with their optical observatories, were almost the only astronomy references in Africa.
Astronomical society based in South Africa
The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA)
Formed in 1922Is a widespread body consisting of both amateur and professional astronomers.There are eight autonomous centres throughout Southern Africa.
Observatory
South Africa.It is a National Research Facility run by South Africa's National Research Foundation.HartRAO was the only major radio astronomy observatory in Africa until the construction of the KAT-7 test bed for the future MeerKAT array in the Meerkat National Park.
Overview of the Internet in South Africa
The Internet in South Africa
One of the most technologically resourced countries on the African continent
Is expanding.The internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) .za is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA) and was granted to South Africa by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 1990.Over 60% of Internet traffic generated on the African continent originates from South Africa.As of 2020
41.5 million people were Internet users.
Areas protected for conservation in South Africa
The protected areas of South Africa include
National parks and marine protected areas managed by the national government
Public nature reserves managed by provincial and local governments
And private nature reserves managed by private landowners.Most protected areas are intended for the conservation of flora and fauna.National parks are maintained by South African National Parks (SANParks).A number of national parks have been incorporated in transfrontier conservation areas.
Overview of science and technology in South Africa
The first significant work in astronomy in South Africa was performed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille between 1751 and 1753
Culminating in the measurement of the arc of the southern meridian and a catalog of almost 10 000 southern stars
Later published as Coelum Australe Stelliferum.
Observatory
Where the headquarters is located.
Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
Sutherland is a town with about 2
841 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.It lies in the western Roggeveld Mountains in the Karoo.
