Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
Also referred to as the Cape Observatory
1820 – 1968
Return to Cape Observatory Main Page. Also Look at the video page of the S.A.A.O.
Video:
Presented by Ian Glass at the 200th Anniversity of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
Presentation by the Centre for Astronomical Heritage to the Antique Telescope Society Symposium in 2020.
Guided by Prof Ian Glass we explore all the major telescopes still on site, including the McClean Dome & Victoria Telescope (1896), the 6-inch (1882), the 13-inch Astrographic (1890). the 18-inch & 6-inch Merz (1887), the 4-inch Photoheliograph (1847) and Gill’s Reversible Transit Circle (RTC; 1905).