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Seekoeigat

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Photo Gallery:
Seekoeigat.


Current Information:
Current  Information:
-The Observatory has closed down. The Current Information section is  not relevant to this Observatory.
-It used to be on the road between Beaufort West and Meiringspoort,  Greater Karoo, Western Cape.
 

In Brief:
Noted  for:
This was the site of the former European Southern Observatory (ESO).  They moved to Chile and today ESO is one of the premier Observatories  in the world.

Summary:

Historical background:

Astronomers:

Programmes:

Instruments:

Link to the Telescope Manufacturers.


Sources:

Link to the Main Bibliography Section and more information about Sources.

Pictorial  Sources:

Bibliography:

  • Laing,  J.D. (ed.), The Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope 1820 - 1970 Sesquicentennial Offerings, p.
  • (Book  written by Prof. Adriaan Blaauw about ESO's early history?)

Links:
Interesting Links:
Link to Objects
Lost and / or Found.
Link to a short
History of Astronomy in Southern Africa.
Link to a
Time Line to see how Events on this page relates to the bigger time dimension.
Link to view the
Achievements and other Interesting Aspects of Southern African Astronomers.
Link to the
Telescope Manufacturers.
Link to the Main Bibliography Section and more information about Sources and the Archive.

Director Historical Section: Chris de Coning - siriusa@absamail.co.za

Webmaster: Christian Hettlage - webmaster@assa.saao.ac.za