Southern African Large Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Southern_African_Large_Telescope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:SALT
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:South_African_Astronomical_Observatory gptkb:National_Research_Foundation_of_South_Africa gptkb:Department_of_Science_and_Innovation_(South_Africa)
gptkbp:constructionStartYear	2000
gptkbp:cost	~$36 million USD
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:diameter	11 meters
gptkbp:elevation	1798 meters
gptkbp:fieldOfView	8 arcminutes
gptkbp:firstLight	2005
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Dartmouth_College gptkb:Germany gptkb:India gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Poland gptkb:Russia gptkb:Rutgers_University gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison gptkb:University_of_Canterbury gptkb:Inter-University_Centre_for_Astronomy_and_Astrophysics gptkb:Nicolaus_Copernicus_Astronomical_Center Georg-August University of Göttingen Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board
gptkbp:hasObservatoryCode	B31
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Southern African Large Telescope
gptkbp:inspiredBy	gptkb:Hobby-Eberly_Telescope
gptkbp:largestTelescopeIn	Southern Hemisphere (as of 2024)
gptkbp:latitude	-32.3794
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sutherland,_South_Africa
gptkbp:longitude	20.8107
gptkbp:notableFinds	exoplanets quasars supernovae
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:South_African_Astronomical_Observatory
gptkbp:owner	SALT Foundation
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter	91
gptkbp:purpose	astronomical research
gptkbp:shape	hexagonal segments
gptkbp:spectrograph	Robert Stobie Spectrograph
gptkbp:telescopeType	alt-azimuth
gptkbp:touredWith	available
gptkbp:usedFor	spectroscopy imaging time-domain astronomy
gptkbp:website	https://www.salt.ac.za/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sutherland,_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6