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unusual facts about South African Astronomical Observatory



Moraea aristata

Consequently it is critically endangered and naturally survives only in the grounds of the South African Astronomical Observatory in the suburb of Observatory near the foot of Devil's Peak.

Observatory, Cape Town

The area is best known as student neighbourhood, most of whom attend the University of Cape Town located close by, and for being the home of the South African Astronomical Observatory headquarters as well as Groote Schuur Hospital.

Radcliffe Observatory

Eventually that site, in Pretoria, also became untenable and the facility was combined with others into the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in the 1970s.


see also

Royal Observatory

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (merged with the Republic Observatory, Johannesburg, formerly the Union Observatory, to form the South African Astronomical Observatory in 1972)