South African Astronomy

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2936. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Prior to the middle of the eighteenth century almost all of the astronomical observations made in South Africa were those necessary for the determination of position—particularly that of the Cape of Good Hope. Some exceptions were the independent discovery of bright comets, of which van Riebeeck's comet of 1652, named after the first Governor of the Cape, is an example....

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