McDonald Observatory

1939VariousUT Austin

LocationUSA (TX)

Year1939

SizeVarious

OperatorUT Austin

About McDonald Observatory

Located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas at 2,070 m. Hosts the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and the 2.7 m Harlan J. Smith Telescope. Otto Struve directed pioneering stellar work here. Famous for public star parties under some of the darkest skies in the continental United States.

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