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The University of Texas McDonald Observatory. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) is in the foreground, atop Mt. Fowlkes. In the background, Mt. Locke houses the 2.7-meter (107-inch) Harlan J. Smith Telescope (left) and the 2.1-meter (82-inch) Otto Struve Telescope (right). Photo by Marty Harris/McDonald Observatory

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