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hobby-eberly dome
9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope

 High Resolution Spectrograph
 Medium Resolution Spectrograph
 Low Resolution Spectrograph
harlan j. smith dome
2.7m Harlan J. Smith Telescope

Cassegrain f/8.8 Ritchey-Chretien focus
  CCD WHT Camera
 Imaging Grism Instrument (IGI)
Cassegrain f/17.7 focus
  Large Cass Spectrometer (LCS)
 LCS-Spectropolarimeter (SPol)
 Photometer (P45)
Coudé f/32.5 focus
  Coudé Spectrometer (cs1)
 Cross-Dispersed Echelle Spectrometer (cs2)
otto struve dome 2.1m Otto Struve Telescope

Prime f/3.9 focus
  Argos - PI Instrument
Cassegrain f/13.7 focus

 Sandiford Cass Echelle Spectrometer (CE)
 Cassegrain Spectrometer (es2)
 CCD WHT Camera
 Imaging Grism Instrument (IGI)
 Photometer (P45)
0.8m dome
0.8m Telescope

 Prime Focus Corrector (PFC) f/3.0 focus
caltech submillimeter observatory
10m Caltech Submillimeter Observatory

McDonald has an agreement with the California Institute of Technology for 10% of the nights on the 10m CSO submillimeter telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
SALT
South African Large Telescope (SALT)

Based on the design of the HET, SALT was inaugurated November 10, 2005, and is undergoing Performance Verification. The University of Texas will receive 5% of the telescope's observing time.
0.9m dome
0.9m Telescope
The 0.9m telescope is currently used for public educational programs and special viewing events.
 
Non-UT Research Facilities Hosted at McDonald
laser ranging system
0.8m Laser Ranging System

Lunar Laser Ranging Program
20 in. telescope
20" Telescope

The observatory hosts a 20" telescope for Boston University's Imaging Science program.

Optical Aeronomy at Boston University
ROTSE IIIb
0.45m ROTSE Telescope /IIIb

McDonald hosts one of the four globally networked Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment telescopes, and recieves 30% of the telescope's time.
MONET North
1.2m MONET Telescope

McDonald hosts one of the two robotically controlled telescopes of the MONET project. The twin is located in South Africa. Installation in West Texas began in November 2005. The Observatory will likely receive a 10-15% share of each instrument.