SAAO Annual Review 2020-2021
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09 Dec, 2021
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Observations from amateur astronomers lead to the discovery of a warped disc around a black hole in our Milky Way
An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth, which they interpret as being due......
27 Oct, 2021
Astronomers see white dwarf “switch on and off” for first time
Astronomers have used a planet-hunting satellite to see a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time. The team observed the phenomenon in the white dwarf binary system, TW Pictoris, which is found about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It was discovered over......
21 Oct, 2021
Researchers discover three super-massive black holes merging together in our nearby universe
Researchers using the IRSF (InfraRed Survey Facility) at SAAO in Sutherland, have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together! The IRSF is a collaboration between Nagoya Univ-Kyoto Univ-NAOJ (Japan) and SAAO (South Africa). The merger has formed a triple active galactic nucleus,......
16 Sep, 2021
SAAO 200 Astrophotography Competition Winners Announced
As part of the SAAO 200 year celebrations, the SAAO and SciFest Africa launched the SAAO 200 Astrophotography competition. The astrophotography competition allowed six categories: deep sky, shallow sky, planets, moon, milky way and constellation. The winners will have their pictures on display as part......
15 Jun, 2021
AstroArt Competition Winners Announced
The winners of the AstroArt Competition have been announced....
11 Jun, 2021
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