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Star Gazing in Sutherland - South Africa
This is a wonderful add on to a plethora of amazing tours and experiences available in the South African Karoo area - please don't hesitate to contact us so we can begin to organise a full and exciting itinerary for you!
There's numerous reasons why people become astronomers. Many enjoy the beauty of the night sky, some enjoy technical astronomy, some do it for the camaraderie. Some are "armchair astronomers", doing most of their "observing" in the pages of Sky & Telescope, while others are active visual observers. Some hunt for comets, some for supernovae, and some love variable stars & double stars. Then there's the solar observers, the astro-photographers, and the telescope makers. The common thread between all astronomers is an attraction to the night sky and a desire to understand the universe.
Gateway to the universe - that is what they call Sutherland. Land of snow and stars.The coldest place in South Africa. The place where you find the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere - a telescope so powerful that one could see a candle flame on the moon.
When you take the tar road from Cape Town , you turn off at Matjiesfontein, the famous English Karoo town with its splendid museum, then another 110 km and you reach Sutherland not only famous for its Observatory but also for its pure, fresh air - said to be fresher than anywhere else in the world!
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