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Application of SALT to the Local Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

R. S. Stobie
R. S. Stobie*
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa

Abstract

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In collaboration with international partners, South Africa plans to construct a 9-m class telescope for optical/infrared astronomy. This Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) will be a southern hemisphere equivalent of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, Texas. By limiting the scientific mission to primarily spectroscopic survey studies, with some reduced imaging capability, it is possible to construct SALT for about one-fifth of the cost of a general-purpose telescope of similar aperture. The telescope will be operated in queue-scheduled mode which opens up new applications in the time-dependent domain. A description of SALT, its capabilities, and samples of the science programme are presented.

Type
Part 5. Wider Implications and Future Prospects
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 192: The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 471 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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