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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Headquartersįor comments or further information e-mail updated: 10/05/12. Related Web Sites International Laser Ranging Service McDonald Observatory and the Department of Astronomy Laser Ranging Data Laser Data Ranging Format Laser Ranging Data (all targets, all stations) MLRS History Configuration Targets Bigger view of the site Another view of the site Ranging the Moon "Rainbow Ranging" Site Map Data from this station as well as 30-40 similar satellite-capable systems and one other regularly contributing lunar-capable system around the world are used for a variety of scientific pursuits including study of the earth's gravitational field, plate tectonics, earth's orientation in space, high precision time transfer, relativity, lunar and solar system dynamics, and providing high precision orbits for GPS and ocean top mapping missions. The McDonald Laser Ranging Station (MLRS) is a dedicated laser ranging station capable of measuring round trip light travel times to a constellation of artificial earth satellites and lunar retro-reflectors to a precision of about 1 centimeter and time of laser firing to about 35 picoseconds. Visit to learn more.McDonald Laser Ranging Station University of Texas McDonald Observatory Near Ft. NASA and the University of Texas operate. Weather permitting, guided star parties are held weekly in the Rebecca Gale Telescope Park, which now features, among a wide variety of 8-24 in telescopes, the Wren-Marcario Accessible Telescope ( WMAT) with wheelchair access, available to all guests. Observatory atop Mount Locke in West Texas, with several optical and radio telescopes. Approximately 60,000 visitors per year attend star parties and exhibits, and continuing education programs for teachers. McDonald Observatory welcomes the public at the Frank N. The McDonald Observatory and The University of Texas at Austin are involved with building what will be the world's largest telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope. one of four globallly networked Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment ( ROTSE) telescopes.įor four decades, the observatory operated among the first and most productive lunar ranging stations, which set the foundation for a new era of geodetic science on-site through the McDonald Geodetic Observatory.Walking distance to restaurants and shops. a 0.51 m telescope dedicated to optical aeronomy, and Property Id: 1155563 1 Bedroom Apartments in Trendy Small Town McDonald, PA 125 S McDonald St 7, Mc Donald, PA 15057 The building sits on the corner of the famous 60 mile Montour biking and Walking Trail.

one of two robotically controlled 1.2 m MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes ( MONET).

a 1 m node of the globally networked Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope ( LCOGT) Impact Observatory’s AI-powered-monitoring seamlessly integrates space data and deep-learning artificial intelligence to map the world at unprecedented speed and scale to provide powerful.

The observatory offers a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation for imaging and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared, available to the research community. McDonald Observatory is located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, 450 miles west of its research and administrative home at The University of Texas at Austin, under some of the darkest skies in the continental United States.