# @utaustintx on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Crl6gHzveKh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18663937-utaustintx-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/4b6b3e31b7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-28T19:58:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UT Austin (@utaustintx) — https://gondola.cc/utaustintx

## Caption

Wherever you are, it’s #LonghornFriday! 🌌🔭

Established in 1933, UT’s mcdonald_observatory welcomes as many as 130,000 visitors to West Texas every year and gives researchers and the public a window to the universe. 

“The photo is a composite of two separate exposures taken at different times.” photographer kedar.halbe says. “The foreground, with the Otto Struve and Harlan J. Smith telescopes, was shot during a star party. The sky was shot early the next morning, from the Davis Mountains State Park after the Milky Way rose above the horizon.” 

#McDonaldObservatory #FortDavisTX #WestTexas #Texas #DarkSkies #AstroPhotography #TexasStateParks #BetterOutside #Stars #Space #Photography #WhatStartsHere

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darkskies, astrophotography, whatstartshere, texasstateparks, mcdonaldobservatory, space, texas, betteroutside, photography, westtexas, fortdavistx, longhornfriday, stars

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