The South African Astronomical Observatory has donated a 0.75m telescope to UKZN, which arrived on 9th February. The telescope will be used for student projects and public outreach, hopefully from 2016, after a dome has been constructed to house the telescope.
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ACRU member helps launch Antarctic balloon-borne telescope
ACRU member Dr. Cynthia Chiang, returned in January from a two month visit to Antarctica where she participated in an experiment called SPIDER that studied the earliest moments of our universe’s creation.