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Inside Southern African Large Telescope, SALT

Sutherland, South Africa

From Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com

Largest Telescope in the Southern Hemisphere: SALT at Sutherland, South Africa

SALT's 10 metre diameter mirror is made up from 91 identical spherical hexagonal segments. The design was based upon the Hobby-Ebberly Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, one of the international partners in the project.

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