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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 facility is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas , with additional facilities on Mount Fowlkes, approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.81 mi) to the northeast. [ 1 ]
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Wellesley College Whitin Observatory 12-inch Fitz Jacob Campbell's 12 inch refractor [16] 30 cm (12") achromat: Massachusetts, USA New York, USA: 1900 1852 University of Illinois Observatory: 30 cm (12") achromat: Urbana, Illinois, USA: 1896 Merz und Mahler (Mitchell cupola), Cincinnati Observatory: 28 cm (11") achromat: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: 1843
The astronomical function never actualized, the New York Meteorological Observatory is still in operation at the park's Belvedere Castle. [16] Columbia University's Rutherfurd Observatory has since 1927 been located on the roof of Pupin Hall. The College of Staten Island also hosts an Astrophysical Observatory. [2]
Pine Mountain Observatory, Pine Mountain, Oregon. 6300 feet elevation. 1970 IAC80 0.82 m 32" Single Spain Teide Observatory, Canary Islands, Spain 1993 JAST/T80 [107] 0.80 m: Single: Javalambre Observatory, Spain (Z32) Joan Oró telescope: 0.80 m: 32" R/C: Spain: Montsec Astronomical Observatory, Catalonia. 5150 feet elevation. 2008 UMBC ...
[note 1] It was named after the Ukrainian-American astronomer of Baltic German origin Otto Struve in 1966, three years after his death; Struve had been the director of McDonald Observatory from 1932–1950. The Davis Mountains is an excellent location for astronomical research because of the clear dry air and moderately high elevation.
William Johnson McDonald (December 21, 1844 – February 8, 1926, though some sources give his date of death as February 6 ) was a Paris, Texas banker who left $850,000 (the bulk of his fortune) to the University of Texas System to endow an astronomical observatory. [2]