MCDONALD OBSERVATORY      HOBBY-EBERLY TELESCOPE

  

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Concept rendering of the HET      Facility and Control/Service Building, March 1995	Aerial view of the HET on Mount Fowlkes (below) and other McDonald Observatory telescopes on Mount Locke (top)
HET Telescope Structure	View of the HET enclosure from the CCAS Tower      Primary Mirror Truss
View of truss installation      Dome skeleton	Bird's eye (and fish-eye) view of the mirror truss
Beginning of tracker lift	Tracker installed on top hex of HET structure
Mirror segment support	Dome skeleton lift
Completed primary mirror with all 91 segments installed	Installation of first three mirror segments
Concept drawing of Prime Focus Instrument Package (PFIP)	HET Project Team