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McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.The facility is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, with additional facilities on Mount Fowlkes, approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.81 mi) to the northeast. [1]
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Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory: 1978 Sobaeksan, South Korea Sola Fide Observatory: 1990s Austin, Minnesota, US Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) 1996 Earth–Sun L1 point: Solar Space Telescope: 2009 709 km SSO; life: 3 years Sommers–Bausch Observatory: 1949 Boulder, Colorado, US Sonnenborgh Observatory: 1853 Utrecht, Netherlands
Join KUT, KUTX & the Downtown Austin Alliance for their 30th Annual Tree Lighting, Sing-Along and Stroll. The free, family-friendly event is on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 5 to 9 p.m. along Congress ...
The moonlight towers in Austin, Texas, are the only known surviving moonlight towers in the world. They are 165 feet (50 m) tall and have a 15-foot (4.6 m) foundation. A single tower casts light from six carbon arc lamps, illuminating a 1,500-foot-radius (460 m) circle brightly enough to read a watch.
A. Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh; American Association of Variable Star Observers; American Meteor Society; Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics
Amateur astronomer recording observations of the sun. Collectively, amateur astronomers observe a variety of celestial objects and phenomena. Common targets of amateur astronomers include the Sun, the Moon, planets, stars, comets, meteor showers, and a variety of deep sky objects such as star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae.
The building was completed in 1972, [2] and houses the astronomy, mathematics, and physics departments, [3] [4] as well as the Kuehne Physics Mathematics Astronomy Library. [5] [6] The building was originally named Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy Building (PMA) but was renamed to Robert Lee Moore Hall in 1973, after mathematician Robert Lee Moore ...