McDonald Observatory | KERA

🔭 West Texas has some of the darkest skies in the continental United States. It's also home to McDonald Observatory, a word-class destination for the cosmically curious. Tucked away in the Davis Mountains, the observatory offers one of the most unique experiences in Texas—a window to the universe. Do yourself a favor and add one of their star parties to your bucket list. This video complements our September 2019 feature, Big Bend's Golden Triangle: https://bit.ly/2kkmuAd | Texas Co-op Power

Hobby-Eberly Telescope and More at the McDonald Observatory – Stargazing in Texas

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at the McDonald Observatory in... | Filo

A Night at the Telescope

🎥 📷 Have you ever swapped out a camera lens? Easy right? - Just unscrew the lens, put the lens caps on, attach a different lens onto the camera body, remove that lens cap - You're ready to go! But what if that lens change required a 9,000 pound cage, a crane, and took 3 hours and a crew of people to accomplish?! In this video by Joshua Santana, an optical engineer at McDonald Observatory, you can observe a highly trained crew remove an f/9 cage and replace it with an f/33 cage -- These cages h