SALT

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SALT (Southern African Large Telescope) is one of the world’s largest optical telescopes, designed for wide-field spectroscopy and located at the Sutherland site of the South African Astronomical Observatory.

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instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ
optical telescope ⓘ
abbreviation SALT ⓘ
altitude high-altitude site at Sutherland ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1998 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
design Hobby–Eberly Telescope design derivative ⓘ
effectiveAperture about 9.2 meters ⓘ
fieldOfView wide-field ⓘ
firstLightDate 2005 ⓘ
fullName Southern African Large Telescope ⓘ
fundingModel international partnership ⓘ
hasInstrument High Resolution Spectrograph ⓘ
Robert Stobie Spectrograph ⓘ
SALTICAM imaging camera ⓘ
hemisphere southern sky ⓘ
inaugurationDate 2005 ⓘ
locatedAt South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site ⓘ
locatedIn Sutherland ⓘ
managedBy National Research Foundation of South Africa ⓘ
mirrorType segmented primary mirror ⓘ
mountType fixed-altitude design ⓘ
notableFeature based on fixed-zenith-angle, rotating structure ⓘ
segmented 91-element primary mirror (approximate count) ⓘ
operator South African Astronomical Observatory ⓘ
ownedBy SALT Foundation ⓘ
partnerCountries Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
other international partners ⓘ
primaryFunction wide-field spectroscopy ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter about 11 meters ⓘ
rankBySize one of the largest single optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere ⓘ
scientificGoal study of dark energy and cosmology ⓘ
study of stellar populations ⓘ
study of the distant universe ⓘ
scientificUse astronomical spectroscopy ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
galaxy evolution studies ⓘ
stellar astrophysics ⓘ
transient object follow-up ⓘ
telescopeType optical ⓘ
spectroscopic ⓘ

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