Cederberg Astronomical Observatory Unclaimed

High in the Cederberg Mountains, 240km north of Cape Town, on the farm lies the Cederberg Astronomical Observatory

A 16" Meade Newtonian telescope is housed in a dome and a 300mm Meade Scmidt Cassegrain is housed in a slide off roof observatory. Another dome, the ‘Sherman Tank’, has just been completed and now graces the skyline with a 12" Cassegrain inside. Piers with power provide polar-aligned mounts for portable telescopes and there are a couple of home-made Newtonian telescopes available for general use.