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 News

• HartRAO has a new phone number: +27 (12) 301-3100
• Synthesis Imaging School at HartRAO 2010 Oct 9-15
• HartRAO 26m telescope bearing repair - in progress, with contractors on site
• News about HartRAO - 2009/09/17: Outreach with an Astrovan

HartRAO Research 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 - Construction 1960-1
  • 26m Telescope - Surface upgrade 1998 - 2005
  • 26m Telescope - Technical details
  • The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) and the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT) Projects
  • 15m XDM eXperimental Development Model telescope for KAT at HartRAO
  • Hart Local Sidereal Time - with observability of pulsars B0833-45 (Vela) and B1641-45 by XDM
  • 7.5m C-BASS 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
  • geophysical data displays - station velocities, water vapour, ionosphere, tide gauge etc.

HartRAO Science Awareness Outreach Programme

• About the Science Awareness Programme
• Public visits - are held once a month on a Saturday afternoon
• School and Group visits - to our Visitors Centre
• Workshops for Educators - on astronomy- and space-related topics in the school curriculum

HartRAO Staff Vacancies

• Vacancies - Technical Manager, Satellite Laser Ranger and Head: Development Laboratory

HartRAO General Information

• How to get to HartRAO - maps, directions and information about the area
• Image Gallery - HartRAO in pictures
• Library - book and journal collection
• Questions - 2012? November 21 fireball? Will Mars appear as big as the Moon? Did Apollo really land on the Moon?
• The early days - as NASA Deep Space Instrumentation Facility 51 (DSIF 51), later Deep Space Station 51 (DSS-51), 1961-1974
• Things to do - visit Tswaing and Vredefort craters, get free astronomy software, make a sundial, buy a telescope
• Visitor Accommodation - at HartRAO
• Weather data at HartRAO - right now
• Weather radar - SA Weather Service at Irene covers Gauteng
• Who's Who - HartRAO staff
• Xtra links - 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