The Royal Observatory had been completed at the Cape of Good Hope in 1828 with the scientific aim to catalogue interesting astronomical objects which could not be observed from the northern hemisphere.
Ang Royal obserbatoryo had natapos sa Cape of Good Hope sa 1828 ang pang-agham na may layunin sa katalogo astronomya kagiliw-giliw na mga bagay na kung saan ay hindi siniyasat mula sa hilagang hating-globo.