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.
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Observatory TypeAstronomical observatory 1 LocationFort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States 1 MeasuresPlanetary systems, stars and stellar spectroscopy 1 Operating PrincipleImaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared 1 Classification
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McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.
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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
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imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared spectra
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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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