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McDonald Observatory

Ground-Based Optical Observatories

An observatory of the University of Texas atop Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, opened in 1939 and funded by a bequest from banker William Johnson McDonald. Its dark West Texas skies and Hobby-Eberly Telescope have made it a major site for spectroscopic surveys.

Facts
Observatory Type
Astronomical observatory 1
Location
Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States 1
Operational
from 1939 1
Measures
Planetary systems, stars and stellar spectroscopy 1
Operating Principle
Imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared 1
Classification
Observing Band
Infrared 1
Observing Band
Optical / Visible 1
Connections

Operated By

University of Texas at Austin, Space Agencies and Companies
Source McDonald Observatory, Wikipedia
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Located In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Source McDonald Observatory, WikipediaLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
Sources
1. McDonald Observatory, Wikipedia
  • Observatory
    McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis
  • Observatory - location
    located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States
  • History - dedication
    The then-unnamed Otto Struve Telescope was dedicated on May 5, 1939
  • History - current research
    Research today at the McDonald Observatory encompasses a wide variety of topics and projects, including the search for and understanding of planetary systems, stars and stellar spectroscopy
  • Observatory - instrumentation
    equipped with a wide range of instrumentation for imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared spectra
  • Article text: band optical
    imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared spectra
  • Article text: band infrared
    imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared spectra
  • In Group: Optical Observatories of the Americas, Lead sentence
    McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
  • Operated By: University of Texas at Austin, Article text: operator
    The observatory is part of The University of Texas at Austin.
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