FORT DAVIS — The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory is dedicating a unique telescope tomorrow at its Frank N. Bash Visitors Center. The Wren-Marcario Accessible Telescope, or WMAT, is designed to be 100 percent wheelchair accessible for mobility-impaired visitors to the Observatory. It will provide sharp views of the Moon, planets, and deep-sky objects for visitors under the darkest night skies of any professional observatory in the continental United States. more
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