Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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A group of astronomy undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin is invited to “test drive” the 107 inch Harlan J. Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory. As Harlan J. Smith Scholars, the students are tasked with investigating a distant globular cluster and determining whether it may contain a black hole.

Learn more about the McDonald Observatory at: mcdonaldobservatory.org