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India's High Commissioner to South Africa Prabhat Kumar handed over IUCAA's banner to SAAO
Ceremony held at the Royal Observatory in Cape Town, South Africa
Banner to be displayed at Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
Strengthens India-South Africa astronomy and space science partnership
Linked to India's 2026 BRICS chairship
Research and education in astronomy and astrophysics
South Africa's national astronomy facility
SALT is the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, with a hexagonal primary mirror array of 11 meters. Located at Sutherland, South Africa, it conducts spectroscopy and imaging of distant celestial objects.
Simple Analogy: Think of SALT as a 'giant eye' looking deep into space from below the equator, complementing Northern Hemisphere telescopes like Hawaii's Keck.
India's space agency, HQ Bengaluru, est. 1969
Houses India's largest optical telescope (3.6m DOT)
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, autonomous body of DST
Cooperation forum among BRICS nations
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Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; founded 1988
Southern African Large Telescope, located at Sutherland, South Africa