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2024
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13456 |
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- The SAAO Cape Town campus was declared a National Heritage Site in December 2018, just short of its 200th anniversary, but is now in a run-down condition. As the former Royal Observatory, it is the oldest scientific institution in South Africa and probably in all Africa. It has a fascinating and well-documented history and surely deserves better. For many years maintenance has been neglected and many of the old telescopes and buildings are in a poor state. They are beginning to show signs of serious decay. Some examples are given.