Big and Bright: A History of the McDonald Observatory

by J Derral Mulholland, David S. Evans, J. Derral Mulholland

Book Overview

By day, every year over 40,000 visitors pour in. Across the Rio Grande, a hundred miles away, Mexican mountaineers use the white domes as landmarks. By night, perched almost 7,000 feet above the sleeping, earthbound world, astronomers probe the secrets of the night sky. This is the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, one of the world's largest university-operated astronomical installations.

Big and Bright: A History of the McDonald...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292707622
• ISBN13: 9780292707627
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"