McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The... 20 KB (1,662 words) - 00:02, 20 April 2024 |
Allegheny counties McDonald Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Texas, United States MacDonald, West Virginia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian... 2 KB (370 words) - 00:14, 18 April 2023 |
This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small... 426 KB (101 words) - 09:13, 3 May 2024 |
then operated by Northwestern University; McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas; and Lick Observatory of the University of California all filed... 46 KB (4,960 words) - 12:37, 8 May 2024 |
(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... 8 KB (936 words) - 20:54, 29 July 2023 |
Pic du Midi Observatory in France, the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, and McDonald Observatory in Texas soon followed. The uncrewed Soviet Lunokhod 1 and... 34 KB (3,478 words) - 12:03, 4 May 2024 |
supplied astronomers. The McDonald Observatory is named after him, with Otto Struve becoming the first director. McDonald was the eldest of the three... 3 KB (244 words) - 04:02, 20 June 2023 |
Smith Telescope is a 107-inch (2.7 m) telescope located at the McDonald Observatory, in Texas, in the United States. This telescope is one of several... 5 KB (340 words) - 11:52, 20 September 2023 |
the Lick Observatory; and from the University of Texas, University of Mary and Goddard at the McDonald Observatory. The Lick Observatory's 3-meter (9... 14 KB (1,702 words) - 01:05, 11 May 2024 |
StarDate (category Astronomical observatories in Texas) is a science radio program of The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory, broadcast on over 300 radio stations. It is a daily guide to the... 7 KB (571 words) - 21:01, 7 April 2024 |
A 13 in (330 mm) telescope and the 82 in (2,100 mm) telescope at McDonald Observatory were used to define the system. The filters are selected so that... 5 KB (517 words) - 10:01, 4 April 2024 |
along the north side of the Rio Grande. It is also the home of the McDonald Observatory. In Mexico, adjacent areas of protected lands on the south side of... 4 KB (433 words) - 00:38, 13 July 2023 |
equipment lead to accuracies of 12–16 cm until about 1984. Then McDonald Observatory built a special purpose system (MLRS) just for ranging, and achieved... 35 KB (4,566 words) - 17:40, 27 March 2024 |
Supernova Search Telescope at McDonald Observatory and the new Wren-Marcario Wheelchair Access Telescope at the McDonald Observatory Visitor Center (to be operational... 6 KB (925 words) - 12:34, 10 September 2023 |
Charles R. Floyd (section McDonald Observatory) relating to the McDonald Observatory. This important legislation provided for the development of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory into a world-class... 9 KB (1,162 words) - 23:28, 15 February 2024 |
satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare's play... 46 KB (5,484 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2024 |
Viticultural Area. About 50 acres (0.2 km2) are "under vine". The McDonald Observatory, owned by the University of Texas at Austin, is located near Fort... 38 KB (3,040 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2024 |
working at Lowell Observatory, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yerkes Observatory (where he met William Wilson Morgan), McDonald Observatory, University of... 4 KB (265 words) - 23:56, 19 December 2023 |
Southern African Large Telescope (category Astronomical observatories in South Africa) telescopes. It is closely based on the Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory, with some changes in its design, especially to the spherical aberration... 14 KB (1,723 words) - 17:00, 19 July 2023 |
1936 Seyfert joined the staff of the new McDonald Observatory in Texas, where he helped get the observatory started. He stayed until 1940, working with... 7 KB (732 words) - 02:16, 6 November 2022 |