"The 82-inch reflecting telescope of the W. J. McDonald Observatory of The University of Texas. The 82-inch concave mirror, made of pyrex glass is 11 and three fourths inches thick at the edge and weighs about 5600 pounds."
The observatory is located on Mt. Locke in West Texas near Ft. Davis, Texas.
"The W. J. McDonald Observatory of The University of Texas, Fort Davis, Texas."
"The tube of the 82-inch reflector of the W. J. McDonald Observatory of The University of Texas. A stellar spectrograph is attached at the lower end of the telescope just below the mirror cells."
"The University of Texas McDonald Observatory at Mount Locke. The dome on the left houses the 107-inch telescope, completed in 1969, while the smaller dome houses the 82-inch Otto Struve reflector, completed in 1939. Transient and permanent quarters are below the domes." Card No. 54363-C, purchased June 25, 1970.
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