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		9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope High Resolution Spectrograph Medium Resolution Spectrograph Low Resolution Spectrograph
		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)
		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 Telescope Prime Focus Corrector (PFC) f/3.0 focus
		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.
		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 Telescope The 0.9m telescope is currently used for public educational programs and special viewing events.
		Non-UT Research Facilities Hosted at McDonald
		0.8m Laser Ranging System Lunar Laser Ranging Program
		20" Telescope The observatory hosts a 20" telescope for Boston University's Imaging Science program. Optical Aeronomy at Boston University
		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.
		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.

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