About HartRAO

• Here is a quick look at what the observatory does.
  
• 'n Vinnige kykie na wat ons hier by HartRAO doen.
  
• Bona ka boripana se se dirwang mo HartRAO.

HartRAO Programmes

• Radio Astronomy Programme
  • 26m Telescope - Astronomical Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
  • 26m Telescope - Continuum Radiometry
  • 26m Telescope - Pulsar Timing
  • 26m Telescope - Spectroscopy
  • 26m Telescope - Control Computer System
  • 26m Telescope - Proposal form for single-dish observing
  • 26m Telescope - Surface upgrade 1998 - 2005
  • 26m Telescope - Technical details
  • The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) and the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT)
  • KAT/XDM 15m eXperimental Development Model telescope at HartRAO
  • C-BASS 7.5m C-band All Sky Survey Southern Telescope
  • Practicals, projects and courses in Radio Astronomy for University students
• Space Geodesy Programme
  • Geodetic VLBI, Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
  • Inkaba yeAfrica German / South Africa Earth Sciences project
  • Coordinates of geodetic instruments at HartRAO
• Science Awareness Programme
  • Visiting HartRAO: for schools, groups and the public
  • Workshops for Educators: on astronomy- and space-related topics in the school syllabus

HartRAO News

• News about HartRAO - 2008/08/13: CONT08 Two-week global Geodesy experiment

General Information

• How to get to HartRAO - maps, directions and information about the area
• Image Gallery
• Library
• Mars - In August will Mars appear as big as the Moon?
• The early days - as NASA Deep Space Station 51, 1961-1974
• Things to do - visit Tswaing and Vredefort craters, get free astronomy software, make a sundial, buy a telescope
• Vacancies
• Visitor Accommodation at HartRAO
• Weather data at HartRAO right now
• Weather radar of SA Weather Service at Irene covers Gauteng
• Who's Who - HartRAO staff
• Xtra links - to South African astronomy, eclipses, craters, science centres, general astronomy, astronomy news, space exploration...

Superbubbles	Masers	Pulsars
Jets from a black hole	The changing Earth	Visiting HartRAO