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| Activities at Rooisand Desert Ranch — Rooisand
Observatory |
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Our observatory has a
separate site on the Rooisand domain.
To enter, click
here.
Are you impressed with Rooisand Desert Ranch and the
leisure
activities on offer? Don't hesitate, ask for a
non-binding quote
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Please note:
Guests who have
booked an evening for observation usually ask us afterwards whether we have
pictures of the objects seen by telescope. We have therefore loaded a few
high-resolution pictures of standard objects onto our server for downloading.
 Interested?
Please click
here The page opens through a
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Our observatory has an area of
its own on the Rooisand website. You can enter through the homepage.
Experienced amateur astronomers are welcome to rent the entire observatory - or
portable telescopes - for their own observations.
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Enjoy a breathtaking sunset
and if you are a keenly interested layperson let our staff introduce you to the
mysterious world of the southern night sky and have the highlights pointed out
by experts.
Or just take a walk
across the earth's moon with maximum magnification and marvel at mountains and
craters. The optical and mechanical equipment of our observatory is
state-of-the-art.
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... a nebula of gas perhaps
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... or the moon |
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or a cluster of stars |
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And
with a little luck you will be able to get a glimpse of the ringed planet
Saturn or one of the other planets in the solar system.
You can go for
a brief virtual
moon walk on our observatory page. The page opens through a separate
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