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Radcliffe 74-inch  (1.9 m) Photo Gallery:

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The 74-inch telescope shown here at Radcliffe Observatory in Pretoria. The telescope was later moved to Sutherland. For many years it was the largest telescope in South Africa.
Source: Smits [unpublished] 

 

The Dome for the 74 inch telescope whilst it was still at Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection.

 

1.9m telescope, SAAO Sutherland.
Source: MNASSA.

 

          

Source:Unveiling the Universe: Special Archimedes (Vol.6 no.2)           Photo Credit: C de Coning.
supplement on Astronomy in South Africa 

 

 

 

The 1.9m telescope dome at Sutherland.
Photo Credit: Dr. H Campbell. (Source: Moore

 

 

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