McDonald Observatory

McDonald Observatory, a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin, is one of the world's leading centers for astronomical research, teaching, and public education and outreach. Observatory facilities are located atop Mount Locke and Mount Fowlkes in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, which offer some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States.

Resources

Astronomers and Observatories

Radio Programs

Keeping Tabs Keeping an eye on a fuzzy foot Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Recalibrating Recalibrating a space telescope Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Small Black Holes Looking for tiny black holes Monday, February 25, 2013
First Steps Angling in on the stars Wednesday, December 5, 2012
RR Lyrae The rhythmic beat of a star Tuesday, December 4, 2012
‘Titanic’ Discoveries A big moon keeps its secrets Monday, November 19, 2012
Gamma Cephei IV Getting messy for science Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Gamma Cephei III Keeping a planet on the table Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gamma Cephei II A gnat’s eyelash and a distant planet Monday, September 3, 2012
Giant Magellan Telescope A new “giant” eye on the universe Monday, May 14, 2012
Humid Skies Measuring the humidity on a cold world Saturday, May 5, 2012
Star in a Bottle Making a bottleful of starstuff Friday, April 13, 2012
White Dwarf Quakes Stars that “quake” in the night Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Record Breaker An unprecedented sphere of darkness Monday, February 6, 2012
Early Start Getting an astronomical head start Monday, September 12, 2011
Kepler III Two ways to find planets Saturday, August 27, 2011
Kepler II Winnowing a list of possible planets Friday, August 26, 2011
Kepler I Watching for some stars to blink Thursday, August 25, 2011
Van Biesbroeck's Star Hunting up a faint cosmic bulb Saturday, July 16, 2011
Cosmic Inflation IV Fast expansion in past and future Saturday, June 18, 2011
Cosmic Inflation III Universes without end Friday, June 17, 2011

Featured Images

Artist's concept of the Gamma Cephei star system
 Stellar Geometry Tuesday, September 4, 2012
A discharge of energy from the Z Machine at Sandia National Laboratories
 Zapped! Friday, April 13, 2012
Horsehead Nebula photographed through a McDonald Observatory telescope
 3D Horsehead Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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