McDonald Observatory

Well Jackie and I and a couple of her students are down for the week at McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas. Jackie is continuing on her research in the field of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies.

Anyway...the weather has been great for the most part. Here are a few pictures so far.

Here is the telescope we have been observing on. The Otto Struve 2.1 meter telescope.

This shot was taken from the catwalk of the 2.1 meter. The telescope seen is the 2.7 meter Harlan J. Smith.

Another shot of the 2.1 meter opened up.

Sunset Monday night just in front of the 2.1 meter.

Sunset from the 2.1 meter catwalk on Tuesday night

Another shot of the 2.7 meter

Another shot of the 2.1 meter

Here is a picture of the 2.1 meter Otto Struve Telescope.

This was taken from the catwalk of the 2.1 meter. The telescope shown is the 9.2 meter Hobby-Eberly.

Here is VLBA radio telescope seen from the 2.1 meter.

A shot of the sun coming around the dome of the 2.1 meter.

This the view from the "TQ" or '"Astronomers Lodge" where we eat. The view is of the HET telescope.