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SALT (Southern African Large Telescope) mirror

author: Guillaume Blanchard/Novapix

reference: o-sal01-00005

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

SALT mirror almost completed seen in 2005. The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is in 2008, the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres across. Sutherland, Republic of South Africa.

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2005 - ASTRONOMY - DOME - MIRROR - OBSERVATORY - SAAO - SALT - SOUTH AFRICA - TELESCOPE -