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    McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The...
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    Allegheny counties McDonald Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Texas, United States MacDonald, West Virginia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian...
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  • 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...
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    then operated by Northwestern University; McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas; and Lick Observatory of the University of California all filed...
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    (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...
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    research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory. Student-athletes compete as the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns have...
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    Pic du Midi Observatory in France, the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, and McDonald Observatory in Texas soon followed. The uncrewed Soviet Lunokhod 1 and...
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    supplied astronomers. The McDonald Observatory is named after him, with Otto Struve becoming the first director. McDonald was the eldest of the three...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Marie-Helene Ulrich then obtained optical spectra of TON 618 at the McDonald Observatory which showed emission lines typical of a quasar. From the high redshift...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    active observer at Yerkes and at the McDonald Observatory. He made the frequent automobile trips between the observatories in Wisconsin and Texas without complaint...
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    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...
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    McDonald Observatory detected it the same day. The Apollo 15 retroreflector was deployed on July 31, 1971, and was detected by McDonald Observatory within...
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    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...
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  • Supernova Search Telescope at McDonald Observatory and the new Wren-Marcario Wheelchair Access Telescope at the McDonald Observatory Visitor Center (to be operational...
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    relating to the McDonald Observatory. This important legislation provided for the development of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory into a world-class...
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    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...
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    American astronomer. He served as director of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory from 1963 to 1989, where, among other accomplishments, he initiated...
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    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...
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    James H. Slagle "Upgraded Hobby–Eberly Telescope Sees First Light". McDonald Observatory. Retrieved 2016-07-29. "Howstuffworks "10 Amazing Telescopes"". Science...
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  • working at Lowell Observatory, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yerkes Observatory (where he met William Wilson Morgan), McDonald Observatory, University of...
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    gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed 18 years later by the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre. It remained the deadliest school shooting in American history...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    to science and astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory hosted by Billy Henry. Sunday Baroque, baroque and early music hosted...
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    deployed to McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis, Texas; Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) in Chile; South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)...
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    Uses 25-year-old Hubble Data to Confirm Planet Proxima Centauri c". McDonald Observatory. University of Texas. Gratton, R.; Zurlo, A.; Le Coroller, H.; Damasso...
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