McDonald Observatory
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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. The facility is located on Mount Locke in the Da
The observatory from the southeast. The Hobby–Eberly Telescope on Mt. Fowlkes (left) and the Harlan J. Smith and Otto Struve Telescopes on Mt. Locke (right).
McDonald Observatory
Dome of the 10 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope. It houses one of the largest optical telescopes in the world.
Electric motors and position sensors at the Otto Struve Telescope at the McDonald Observatory, Texas
William Johnson McDonald
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William Johnson McDonald was a Paris, Texas banker who left $850,000 to the University of Texas System to endow an astronomical observatory.
McDonald Observatory
…both National Public Radio and commercial radio stations — about 400 affiliates in all. McDonald Observatory was originally endowed by the Texas banker William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926), who left about $1 million — the bulk of his fortune — to The University of Texas at Austin to endow an astronomical observatory. Edwin…
Circa 1920