Africa Millimetre Telescope project wins outreach medal

The mobile planetarium team of the Africa Millimetre Telescope project has been honoured by the UK’s Royal Astronomical Society with the 2024 Annie Maunder Medal for Outreach. The planetarium is used to bring immersive and interactive astronomy engagement to a diverse spectrum of the Namibian public and help bridge the gap between scientists, the public, and top-level government. Zandré Duvenhage the Project Coordinator for the Mobile Planetarium.

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The first millimeter-wave radio telescope on African soil was built in the Khomas Highlands of Namibia and designed to expand the Event Horizon Telescope network, which captured the first-ever image of a black hole, released in 2019.

Written by: Tonata Kadhila

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