2021年9月18日 · The telescope has been in full science operation since 2011 and is realising its huge potential as Africa’s Giant Eye on the Universe. SALT in (Virtual) Reality Experience our world-class telescopes in the Karoo in fully immersive 3D or visit them

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is a 9.2-metre optical telescope designed mainly for spectroscopy. It consists of 91 hexagonal mirror segments each with a 1-metre inscribed diameter, resulting in a total hexagonal mirror of 11.1 by …

The Southern African Large Telescope. SALT collects light from astronomical objects and accurately focuses it to one of four focus points. From there the light proceeds into an optical instrument while the telescope tracks the relative movement of the object across the sky to maximise exposure time.

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, and one of the largest in the world. Located and operated at SAAO outside Sutherland, it has an 11m wide hexagonal primary mirror array, comprising 91 individual 1m hexagonal mirrors.

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere and among the largest in the world. It has a hexagonal primary mirror array 11 metres across, comprising 91 individual 1m hexagonal mirrors.

Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, with a mirror measuring 11.1 by 9.8 metres (36.4 by 32.2 feet). It is located at the South African Astronomical Observatory near Sutherland, South Africa, at an elevation of …

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2022年12月7日 · In Summer of 2022, SALT achieved a milestone by observing its first celestial object in the infrared. The target was a familiar one, the Eagle Nebula — made famous by the Hubble Telescope’s imagery that revealed its unfathomable size and active stellar nursery.

2024年4月30日 · The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere and among the largest in the world. Located in Sutherland, South Africa, SALT is a state-of-the-art facility that allows astronomers to observe celestial objects with unprecedented clarity and detail.

2025年1月31日 · Visit the SALT Data Archive. View the Annual Report for 2023. This website contains the necessary information for astronomers to plan and conduct observations with SALT.