This is a wonderful achievement for Africa and South Africa. It's about time the continent had some significant scientific infracstructure of this class.
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) website -
www.salt.ac.za(It's a bit slow, even with broadband)
South African Astronomical Observatory
http://www.saao.ac.za/P.O. Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa
Phone: +27 (0)21 447-0025
Fax: +27 (0)21 447-3639
http://www.saao.ac.za/salt/SALT will be built near Sutherland on the South African Astronomical Observatory's site in South Africa's Northern Cape Province. On this desert hilltop, far from city lights and pollution, SAAO has operated telescopes since the early 1970s. SAAO will also operate SALT, under contract with the SALT Board, and the SALT design and engineering team is based at SAAO in Cape Town.
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