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The background to the establishment and subsequent closure of various observatories in South Africa is outlined. Particular attention is paid to the circumstances leading to the establishment of the South African Astronomical Observatory and to its initial development.
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Feast, M. (2002). Optical Astronomy and South Africa. Part I. to 1994. In: Heck, A. (eds) Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 280. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0606-4_13
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