# Milky Way over the McDonald Geodetic Observatory, Texas 9/27/24

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**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [October 19, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/milky-way-over-the-mcdonald-geodetic-observatory-texas-9-27-24/910 "2024-10-19T00:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_Fryhover](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/andy_fryhover/32/138_2.png) [@Andy\_Fryhover](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Andy_Fryhover)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/milky-way-over-the-mcdonald-geodetic-observatory-texas-9-27-24/910/1 "2024-10-19T00:11:56Z")

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Milky Way over the McDonald Geodetic Observatory, Texas  
9/27/24, 10:38pm - 11:27pm

The fast, fully-steerable 12-meter wide radio telescope at the base of Mount Locke is the newest addition to the McDonald Observatory campus. A new laser-ranging telescope will be installed on Mount Fowlkes near the Hobby-Eberly Telescope dome. These instruments, along with ultra-precise Global Positioning System receivers, are the main components of the McDonald Geodetic Observatory.

50mm focal length vertical Pano.  
4 panels. 1 ground, then 3 for the sky. Sky panels are tracked and the ground panel is stationary. Sky and ground were taken back to back and blended for accuracy. Ground lit only by starlight.

Nikon D750a (Ha mod by LifePixel), 50mm F1.4 prime lens  
F2.8, 2-minutes, ISO-1600 per panel. 3 subs stacked per panel.

Photoshop, Registar, Pixinsight.

[![Imgur](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/e/efea8a6d46233492075cc01fc3e3ecb6670d10b5.jpeg "Milky Way over the McDonald Geodetic Observatory, Texas") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/51743649@N07/54077160540/)

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**Author:** ![TLiving](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TLiving](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/TLiving)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/milky-way-over-the-mcdonald-geodetic-observatory-texas-9-27-24/910/2 "2024-10-19T02:16:39Z")

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That is beautiful!  
Tim

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**Author:** ![Wiggles93](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/wiggles93/32/1228_2.png) [@Wiggles93](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Wiggles93)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/milky-way-over-the-mcdonald-geodetic-observatory-texas-9-27-24/910/3 "2024-10-19T06:10:55Z")

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I agree that’s a great picture