FUN FACTS

  • This is the time of day when the sun has either set or is about to rise, but the sky is still being lit by its rays. At SALT we......

  • This is one that people often seem to confuse, despite their being extremely different. Astronomy, simply put, is the study of objects in space – like stars, galaxies and planets.......

  • SALT has 91 mirrors that work together as ‘one’ 10 metre diameter mirror. Every evening ‘mirror alignments’ need to be done to make sure that all the segments create a......

  • Every week two mirrors are removed, cleaned and re-coated with aluminium. That way the whole array will be cleaned within a year. The mirror crew are so effective that they’ll......