McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory is located in the Davis Mountains, 450 miles west of Austin, Texas.
The Observatory is equipped with a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation for imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared, and operates one of the first and most productive lunar ranging stations.
Currently, McDonald operates four research telescopes at our West Texas site:
9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope
2.7m Harlan J. Smith Telescope
2.1m Otto Struve Telescope
0.8m Telescope
The observatory also hosts one of the four globally networked Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) telescopes, and is a Monitoring Network of Telescopes (MONET) site.
Research Facilities
Telescope and instrumentation information for facilities available to McDonald Observatory researchers.
Observer Information
Information, such as proposal due dates, observing schedules and amendments, and available instruments, of use to astronomers
from both the University of Texas and other institutions.
Public - Visitors Center Information
McDonald Observatory visitor information, tours, public programs, virtual tour and virtual gift shop.
StarDate Online
Astronomy programs for the public, including StarDate radio, Universo radio, and StarDate magazine.
Press Room
McDonald Observatory press releases and information.
SCOPE
Southwestern Consortium of Observatories for Public Education, of which McDonald Observatory is a member.
Other Astronomical Observatories
Yahoo index of Astronomical Observatories.
COORDINATES
Mt. Locke
Lat: 30° 40' 17.4" N
Long: 104° 01' 21.4" W
Elev: 2026m above geoid
Source
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