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The Official Account of the NRF | South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. Our observing station is in Sutherland, NC South Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2009
🌌 Join us for Open Night at the NRF|SAAO in Cape Town!.📅 Sat, 26 July | 🕗 8–10 PM.🎤 Dr Abhisek Mohapatra: "Unblurring the Universe".🔭 Stargazing (weather permitting), Observatory tours & more!.🎟️ Free for kids under 6.📩 Book: .📸 Lerato Maduna
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1/1.We would like to invite you to register your learners for the South African Physics Olympiad 2025! This year, it will include an astronomy section, through the SAAO’s partnership with SAIP. Register: More information:
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RT @rassivuyile: Do you love working with teachers and learners? The SAAO is looking for a science education officer , see the details in t….
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🌌 Clearer Observation of 3I/ATLAS! 🚀✨. Less moonlight, more magic! a clearer view of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS through Lesedi!🌙🔭. #NRFSAAO #3IATLAS #LesediTelescope #InterstellarComet
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RT @dstigovza: SA's stars just got closer! New @SAAO Visitor Centre opens with: .Africa's largest telescope. Space tech for farms/AI. Futu….
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RT @dstigovza: DSTI Minister, Prof. Blade Nzimande, delivered the keynote at the launch of the Remote Operations and Visitor Centre at SAAO….
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RT @dstigovza: The 9 July #BudgetVote outreach event at the South African Astronomical Observatory opened with a powerful national anthem p….
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RT @dstigovza: The #SAAO Visitor Centre was officially opened on 9 July in Cape Town by DSTI Minister Prof. Blade Nzimande, Deputy Minister….
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RT @dstigovza: Did you know? South Africa’s @SAAO is home to the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere!. Why does astronomy matter?….
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RT @ma_mohapeloa: @SAAO @dstigovza @Tourism_gov_za @PatriciaDeLille The SAAO visitors’ centre involves night tours which routinely sell out….
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RT @ma_mohapeloa: Part of the day today was the launch of the @SAAO Visitors’ Centre, a major milestone in the implementation of South Afri….
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🌧️ Despite bad weather and a bright moon, Lesedi still captured interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on 7 July!. 🌠 30-sec g-band exposures taken between 22:30–22:50 will help study its dust production as it nears the Sun. #3IATLAS #LesediTelescope #NRFSAAO #Astronomy
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🌌 Open Night is ON — rain or shine!. Join us tomorrow at 8PM for a talk by Munira Hoosain on “Galaxies and their Gas”, exploring cosmic evolution with MeerKAT. 📍 SAAO Observatory, Cape Town.🗣️ Indoor tours & talk will go ahead.🔭 Stargazing will be weather-dependent. #NRFSAAO
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