South Africa: SA Astronomical Observatory Unveiled As National Heritage Site

The 200 Year-old SA Astronomical Observatory has been unveiled as a national heritage site.

It is the place where Cape astronomers first successfully observed the distance to the star nearest to Earth. The facility is the pride of the Southern Hemisphere, in that it made it possible to capture photographs of the galaxy.

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