The new Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the Harlan J. Smith Telescope, and the Otto Struve Telescope
Three McDonald Observatory telescopes are visible from this view: the new Hobby-Eberly Telescope (foreground), the Harlan J. Smith Telescope (middle), and the Otto Struve Telescope (smallest), the oldest on the mountain, built in 1939 and still in use. Photograph courtesy of McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin.