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The Texas Star Party (TSP) is a large annual star party in the United States. TSP was started by Deborah Byrd, members of the Austin Astronomical Society, and McDonald Observatory in August 1979. It was a weekend gathering of amateur astronomers at Davis Mountains State Park near McDonald Observatory in far west Texas.
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]
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 .
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)
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Dome at dusk The 2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope of the McDonald Observatory (US) is used to point a laser beam to a reflector stationed on the surface of the Moon.. The Harlan J. Smith Telescope is a 107-inch (2.7 m) telescope located at the McDonald Observatory, in Texas, in the United States.
The Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET) is a 10-meter (30-foot) aperture telescope located at the McDonald Observatory in Davis Mountains, Texas. The Hobby–Eberly Telescope is one of the largest optical telescopes in the world. It combines a number of features that differentiate it from most telescope designs, resulting in lowered construction ...
Star party in California A trailer-mounted Newtonian telescope on daytime display at the Stellafane star party in Vermont. A star party is a gathering of amateur astronomers for the purpose of observing objects and events in the sky. Local star parties may be one-night affairs, but larger events can last a week or longer and attract hundreds or ...