Image credit: NGA

Geodetic Station NASA-GSFC RM3 located at McDonald Observatory, Texas. Station is located less than 100 m southwest of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) atop Mount Fowlkes in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. The HET is approximately 16 miles northwest of Fort Davis, TX along TX State Highway 118.

PI: Clark Hughes, UT Applied Research Laboratory

Purpose: Development and testing of high-precision Deflection of the Vertical cameras.

• Could support improved realization of the horizontal at the MF and VC sites.

Funding: NGA (ARL Texas Astro Project)

Status @ July 2019

• DoV camera prototype developed and tested in previous programs at UT:ARL facilities.
• A35M Astrolabe survey completed at Mt. Fowlkes in April 2017.
• Requested re-survey of Mt. Fowlkes and Visitor Center sites with the DoV camera.

Contact Information:
J. Clark Hughes (jchughes@arlut.utexas.edu)