Africa Site Test 1955
Early site testing in the Karroo Region. Between October 1955 and March 1957, first series of site tests were performed over a wide range or geographic latitudes in South Africa, gradually converging to the Karroo semi-desert region. This picture shows the observing post on the Rooiberg hill near Cillitzdorp in the southern Karroo, with a Danjon telescope equipped with a Walraven refractor-photometer. The picture was taken by one of the principal participants of these site tests, J. Dommanget.
Credit:
ESO/J.Dommanget
About the Image
| Id: | africa |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:18 |
| Size: | 6302 x 4109 px |
About the Object
| Type: | • Unspecified : People • X - People and Events |
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