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Gallery — SALT
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From telescopes to comets to asteroids. A collection of fascinating videos from professional and amateur astronomers. View the video gallery. A wide range of pictures, including star trails and other long exposure astrophotography kindly contributed by staff and members of the public. View the photo gallery. Live feeds from Sutherland. SKYCAM A view of the sky on the plateau in Sutherland. SALT An outside view of the telescope. DOMECAM I An inside view of the telescope at 190 degrees.
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PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS — SALT
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News / PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS. Accretion disk echo mapping. Accretion disk echo mapping of high red-shift quasars The title is a mouthful, here is a break-down of what it means and what research SALT is doing, courtesy of SALT astronomer, Dr Encarni Romero Colmenero. Q: What is an accretion disk? A: At the centre of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), a compact region at […]. Observatory IT Department “It is not only astronomers and scientists who work at the Observatory, computer nerds are welcome too!
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Telescope — SALT
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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. Click the dots for more information. The telescope structure is a very stiff 45 ton tubular steel structure which rests on four feet. SALT’s novel design as a fixed-elevation (53 degrees above horiz...The fun...
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Observations — SALT
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Jul 31, 2016. Probing the accretion shocks in magnetic Cataclysmic Variables. Spectro-polarimetry is a new observing mode for SALT. It will allow us to probe the high temperature and magnetic fields in compact stars. Observations of supernovae, near and far. Deeper, Wider, Faster: Confirming the fastest transients in the Universe with SALT. Jul 30, 2016. Deeper, Wider, Faster: Confirming the fastest transients in the Universe with SALT. Jul 24, 2016. B-type stars in eclipsing binaries. Jul 20, 2016.
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Photos — SALT
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Supernova in Centaurus A. A supernova, a star that just ended its life in an explosion, was discovered Feb 8. 2016 in a nearby galaxy known as Centaurus A. Read more about the discovery in our official news article. Credits: Éric Depagne and Thea Koen. Looking into the Carina nebula. Credits: Petri Vaisanen and Veronika van Wyk. The Moon from my balcony. SALT in Vivid Colours. First Light: NGC 6152. First Light: NGC 6744. First Light: NGC 6530 (Lagoon Nebula 2). First Light: 47 Tucanae.
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The Team — SALT
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Head of Astronomy Operations. Petri@salt.ac.za. X65;rc@salt.ac.za. 101;ric@salt.ac.za. X61;kniazev@salt.ac.za. 98;rent@salt.ac.za. Ros@saao.ac.za. X6d;arissa@saao.ac.za. Rudi@saao.ac.za. Crawford@salt.ac.za. X68;ettlage@salt.ac.za. Thea@salt.ac.za. X66;m@salt.ac.za. Veronica@salt.ac.za. 99;hris@salt.ac.za. Raoul Van den Berg. X72;aoul@salt.ac.za. Jwm@saao.ac.za. X68;itesh@salt.ac.za. X6f;ckert@salt.ac.za. X6b;eith@salt.ac.za. X65;s@salt.ac.za. Head of Software Engineering. Paul@salt.ac.za.
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News — SALT
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Laser Frequency Comb testing. By Dr Éric Depagne. Echoes of ancient exploding star. By Dr Miszalski and Prof Woudt. By Dr Subo Dong and Dr Hettlage. Too large a black hole. By Dr Jacco van Loon. SN2016adj: Supernova in Centaurus A. By Dr Petri Vaisanen. By Dr John Menzies and Hitesh Gajjar. QPOs with a pinch of SALT. By Dr Éric Depagne. Written by students and amateurs. Accretion disk echo mapping. PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa. Tel: 27 (0)23 571 1205 Fax: 27 (0)23 571 2456.
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ASTRONOMY ARTICLES — SALT
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News / ASTRONOMY ARTICLES. SN2016adj: Supernova in Centaurus A. Death of a star: Supernova in Centaurus A A supernova, a star that just ended its life in an explosion, was discovered yesterday (Feb 8, 2016) in a nearby galaxy known as Centaurus A. The galaxy is well known for its peculiar and prominent dust lane and for it hosting one of the closest active […]. SAMS Project What does SAMS mean? QPOs with a pinch of SALT. There are many steps required to go from […]. ESO474-G040: (not) The Eye of Sauron.
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About — SALT
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The telescope is funded and operated by the SALT Foundation, a collection of academic and government institutions throughout the world and while the telescope itself is in the Northern Cape province, the permanent headquarters of the SALT Foundation is based at the South African Astronomical Observatory in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town. The successful operation of the telescope requires a wide range of skills ranging from astronomy through to mechanical, electrical and software engineering.
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Videos — SALT
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Prof Michael Feast and Prof. Patricia Whitelock talk about their study of Cepheid variable stars. Dr Sudhanshu Barway talks about some of the interesting features of lenticular galaxies. Liz Bartlett, a postdoctoral fellow at UCT, talks about her research of high-mass X-ray binary systems and PhD. student Itumeleng Monageng shares his work studying a sub-class of these systems called Be/X-ray binaries. Dr Petri Vaisanen talks about cool stars and the solar system’s recent close encounter with one. Email:...
