Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
	DSS 51 at Hartebeesthoek
Alternative names	HartRAO
Organization	National Research Foundation ;
Location	Gauteng, Transvaal region
Coordinates	25°53′25″S 27°41′08″E / 25.89037°S 27.68558°E
Established	Deep Space Station 51 - 1961; Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory - 1975;
Website	www.hartrao.ac.za
Telescopes	HartRAO 26m Radio Telescope; MeerKAT prototype dish ;
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The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) is a radio astronomy observatory, located in a natural bowl of hills at Hartebeesthoek just south of the Magaliesberg mountain range, and about 50 km west of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is a National Research Facility run by South Africa's National Research Foundation. HartRAO was the only major radio astronomy observatory in Africa until the construction of the KAT-7 test bed for the future MeerKAT array in the Meerkat National Park.