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Cape Town
Sutherland
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Data & Resources
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1.0M TELESCOPE
The 1.0m telescope was built by Grubb Parsons in 1964, and originally stood in the Observatory grounds in Cape Town. It was upgraded when SAAO moved the telescope to Sutherland.
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