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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