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Multiple Domes

Milky Way Over Mt. Locke

Telescope

Sunrise over McDonald Observatory
Domes with Davis Mountains

McDonald Observatory and Surroundings
Overview of McDonald Observatory

Overview of McDonald Observatory
Summit of Mt. Locke

Overview of Mt. Locke
Mt. Fowlkes summit

Overview of Mt. Fowlkes
Mt. Locke domes

Looking into the Mt. Locke Domes
domes with star trails

Mt. Locke Domes with Star Trails
In this aerial view, the two large domes in the foreground are the 2.1-meter Str

Aerial View of McDonald Observatory
Aerial view of the large telescope domes of McDonald Observatory.

Aerial From Mt Locke
The two large domes in the foreground house the 2.1-meter (82-inch) Otto Struve

McDonald Observatory Domes

Hobby-Eberly Telescope

HET with saddlebags

HET Mirror with VIRUS Saddlebags
VIRUS Focal Surface

VIRUS Focal Surface
HPF

Habitable Zone Planet Finder

Star Trails at HET

Mirror Images?

HET Mirror Seen from Above

Working on HET 4

Cleaning HET's Mirrors

Working on HET 3

Working on HET 2

Working on HET

Simmons Optical System

HET with pink sunset 2

HET with Pink Sunset
Lee with Simmons System

Working on the Harold C. Simmons Dark Energy Optical System
Simmons System in Lab

Harold C. Simmons Dark Energy Optical System

Harold C. Simmons Dark Energy Optical System Installed on HET

HET Back View

HET with George T. Abell Gallery

HET Control Room
HET

HET Mirror and VIRUS Structure (back view)
HET

HET Mirror and VIRUS Structure (front view)
HET

HET Mirror and Louvers
HET with star trails

HET with Star Trails (horizontal)
HET with star trails, vertical

HET with Star Trails (vertical)
HET panorama

HET Panorama with Clouds
HET at dusk

HET Dome at Dusk
HET with Mt. Locke background

HET with Mt. Locke Domes in Background
HET mirror

HET Mirror through Dome
HET panorama

HET Panorama
HET with star trails

HET with Star Trails
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope gleams in silver and gold against a deep blue night s

Silver and Gold HET
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope atop Mt. Fowlkes gleams silver against an amazing ora

HET with Orange Sky
The interior lights from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope glow through the dome openin

Glowing HET

HET at Dusk
HET

HET in its Landscape

HET at Twilight

Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Aerial View

Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET)
The primary mirror of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory.

Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Primary Mirror
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at McDonald Observatory. Credit: Thomas A. Sebr

Hobby-Eberly Telescope, Interior

Harlan J. Smith Telescope

Working on IGRINS
Smith Telescope with IGRINS

Smith Telescope with IGRINS
IGRINS

IGRINS Instrument
Smith Telescope with star trails

Smith Telescope with Star Trails
Smith Telescope with clouds

Smith Telescope with Colorful Clouds
Smith Telescope

Smith Telescope with Open Dome
Smith Telescope sunrise

Smith Telescope with Sunrise
Smith Telescope panorama

Smith Telescope Panorama
The closed dome of the Harlan J. Smith Telescope at McDonald Observatory. The Ho

Dome of the Harlan J. Smith Telescope
Stars shine in an inky night sky above the open dome of the Harlan J. Smith Tele

Harlan J. Smith Telescope dome with stars
A nearly full gibbous Moon shines at sunset over the dome of the 2.7-meter (107-

Smith Telescope with Nearly-full Moon
The 2.7-meter (107-inch) Harlan J. Smith Telescope at the University of Texas Mc

Harlan J. Smith Telescope, Dome
The 2.7-meter (107-inch) Harlan J. Smith Telescope at the University of Texas Mc

Harlan J. Smith Telescope, Interior

Otto Struve Telescope

Struve Telescope with Sunrise

Sunrise with the Struve Telescope
Struve Telescope with sunset

Struve Telescope at Sunset
UT seal on Struve Dome

UT Seal, Observatory Nameplate
Struve dome at sunset

Struve Telescope Dome with Sunset
Struve Telescope

Struve Telescope with Open Dome
The 2.1-meter (82-inch) Otto Struve Telescope at the University of Texas McDonal

Otto Struve Telescope, Interior
The 2.1-meter (82-inch) Otto Struve Telescope at the University of Texas McDonal

Otto Struve Telescope, Dome

Giant Magellan Telescope

GMT Enclosure Cross Section

GMT Exterior with Lasers

GMT Enclosure and Night Sky
GMT site

GMT Site Rendering
GMT with guide stars

GMT with Artificial Guide Stars

GMT Site Excavation
GMT Mount

GMT Mount

GMT Mirror 5 Furnace
glass-filled furnace

GMT Mirror 5, Glass-Filled Furnace
glass placing

Placing Glass for Casting GMT Mirror 5
GMT with mountain

GMT at Las Campanas Observatory (Artist's Concept)
GMT

GMT Artist's Concept

GMT Site Blasting

GMT Artist's Concept
Illustration of the Giant Magellan Telescope. Credit: Matt Johns, Carnegie Obser

Illustration of the Giant Magellan Telescope
Model of the Giant Magellan Telescope.

GMT Model

Drs. Rankin & Lambert with GMT Model

Lunar Laser Ranging Station

McDonald Laser Ranging Station

Lunar Lunar Laser Ranging Station

0.9-meter Telescope

0.9-meter (36-inch) Telescope, Interior
The 0.9-meter (36-inch) Telescope at McDonald Observatory. Credit: Kevin Mace/Mc

0.9-meter (36-inch) Telescope, Dome

0.8-meter Telescope

Telescope Dome with Yucca

MONET Telescope

MONET at Dusk

MONET Enclosure

MONET Team with Telescope

LCOGT

LCO dome 2

Dome of 2nd LCO 1-meter Telescope
LCO map

Las Cumbres Observatory
LCO 1m telescope

LCO 1-meter Telescope

ROTSE Telescope

The Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment has placed telescopes in four lo

ROTSE IIIb Telescope

ROTSE IIIb enclosure

CCD Transit Instrument

University of New Mexico research faculty members and a student install a fully

CTI-II Test Site with Researchers

Test Site for CTI-II Telescope, Day

Test Site for CTI-II Telescope, Night

Southern African Large Telescope

SALT with Star Trails

Dr. Khotso Mokhele & Dr. Frank Bash

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