BBC NEWS | World | Africa | SA telescope reaches for the stars

The largest single telescope in the Southern Hemisphere has been inaugurated
in South Africa. The BBC's Nick Miles visited Sutherland shortly before the
inauguration.

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4422090.stm
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Nick wrote:

The largest single telescope in the Southern Hemisphere has been inaugurated
in South Africa. The BBC's Nick Miles visited Sutherland shortly before the
inauguration.

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4422090.stm

Fascinating, mainly because the article doesn't actually tell us the
size of the telescope.

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"Peter Hayes" wrote:

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4422090.stm

Fascinating, mainly because the article doesn't actually tell us the
size of the telescope.

Heh. You'll get much more indepth info from the "hard core" astronomy
news sites (e.g. S&T, SpaceRef, Spaceflightnow etc.) than with the BBC.

More details on SALT:
http://www.salt.ac.za/

"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
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Nick wrote:

The largest single telescope in the Southern Hemisphere has been
inaugurated
in South Africa. The BBC's Nick Miles visited Sutherland shortly before
the
inauguration.

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4422090.stm

Fascinating, mainly because the article doesn't actually tell us the
size of the telescope.

Yes, it does; it clearly states that it is a 100 ton telescope. ;-)