SALT @SALT_Astro
The Official Account of the Southern African Large Telescope. SALT (located in Sutherland) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. salt.ac.za Sutherland, South Africa Joined July 2015-
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Ionized gas observation of CHILES high-z HI detection candidate
Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe
Testing dust grain alignment relationship with the mineralogy in AGB star enevlopes.
Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky
Studying magnetic field and dust properties in high-mass star forming clouds.
Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars.
Serching for nova remnants around known cataclysmic variables
Ionized gas observation of CHILES high-z HI detection candidate
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