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The April 8 solar eclipse will be broadcast live on both network TV and cable channels. NBC will air a two-hour special, "Total Eclipse 2024," at 2 p.m. ET. NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt ...
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]
UNITED STATES – AUGUST 29: McDonald Observatory, operated by the University of Texas at Austin, and located in Fort Davis, Texas (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
Educational observatory This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation.
The Otto Struve Telescope was the first major telescope to be built at McDonald Observatory. Located in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, the Otto Struve Telescope was designed by Warner & Swasey Company and constructed between 1933 and 1939 by the Paterson-Leitch Company. Its 82-inch (2.1 m) mirror was the second largest in the world at the time.
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Observatory Project Operating timespan Telescope Laser Range accuracy Ref. McDonald Observatory, Texas, US MLRS 1969–1985 1985–2013 2.7 m 694 nm, 7 J 532 nm, 200 ps, 150 mJ [29] [22] Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO), USSR 1974, 1982–1984 694 nm 3.0–0.6 m [30] Côte d'Azur Observatory (OCA), Grasse, France MeO 1984–1986 1986–2010
Harlan J. Smith at McDonald Observatory. Harlan James Smith (August 25, 1924 – October 17, 1991) was an American astronomer. [1] He served as director of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory from 1963 to 1989, where, among other accomplishments, he initiated the construction of the Harlan J. Smith Telescope, a 2.7-meter (107-inch) reflector bearing his name .