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SALT of the Earth
A ground breaking ceremony for the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
was held in Sutherland in the Northern Cape today.
The ceremony was attended by local guests and representatives of South
Africa's seven international partners, including Germany, Poland, the USA,
the UK and New Zealand.
SALT is a 10-m class telescope for optical/ infrared astronomy. It will be
based on the design of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), recently completed
at McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas.
SALT will give South Africa and partners access to the single most powerful
optical/infrared telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. The scientific scope
of SALT will extend from searching for planets around neighbouring stars to
the study of the most distant objects in the Universe.
This multi-million rand project is expected to be completed within the next
five years.
www.eep.co.za - South Africa's premier news service
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