{"id":2492,"date":"2021-04-25T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csr.utexas.edu\/?page_id=2492"},"modified":"2021-04-25T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:16:26","slug":"mgo-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/mgo\/mgo-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MGO News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/live-video-feed-from-mgos-vlbi-station\/\">Live Video Feed from MGO\u2019s VLBI Station<\/a><strong>  October 25, 2022<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">McDonald Geodetic Observatory\u2019s VLBI Station consists of a 12m antenna which operates within the VGOS network led by NASA\u2019s Space Geodesy Project. This antenna and several others around the world help to determine the Terrestrial Reference Frame, which is the antenna&#8217;s locations on Earth, as well as the International Celestial Reference Frame, which is the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/picture-of-the-day-october-27-2020\/\">Picture of the Day<\/a><strong>  October 27, 2020<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">October 27, 2020 &#8211;\u00a0First Freeze of the Season at McDonald Geodetic Observatory\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/mcdonald-geodetic-observatory-sgslr-dome-is-installed-and-passes-site-acceptance-testing\/\">McDonald Geodetic Observatory SGSLR dome is installed and passes Site Acceptance Testing<\/a><strong>  February 18, 2020<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The MGO SGSLR dome installation occurred January 22nd through the 25th with the Site Acceptance Testing successfully completed on the 25th. Participating in the installation was a four-person team from the manufacturer, Baader Planetarium, as well as Howard Donovan (KBR), Alice Nelson (KBR) and Jan McGarry (NASA\/GSFC). Also there for this installation was Ole Klingan ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/how-satellites-and-telescopes-are-tracking-the-effects-of-global-change-down-to-the-millimeter\/\">Smithsonian&#8217;s Air &#038; Space Magazine features geodesy and UT&#8217;s McDonald Geodetic Observatory<\/a><strong>  August 28, 2019<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">How Satellites and Telescopes are Tracking the Effects of Global Change, Down to the Millimeter\nBy Alexandra Witze\nAir &amp; Space Magazine\nSeptember 2019\nIn the Davis Mountains of far west Texas, at the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, astronomers spend their nights peering at the stars through some of the world\u2019s most powerful telescopes. Soon they\u2019ll be adding ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/update-mcdonald-geodetic-observatorys-vlbi-antenna-dish-passes-nasas-site-acceptance-test\/\">UPDATE &#8211; McDonald Geodetic Observatory&#8217;s VLBI Antenna Dish Passes NASA&#8217;s Site Acceptance Test<\/a><strong>  February 21, 2019<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nUPDATE: On February 20, 2019, NASA Space Geodesy Project Director Dr. Stephen Merkowitz announced the Agency&#8217;s formal &#8220;site acceptance&#8221; of MGO&#8217;s VLBI radio telescope.Extending congratulations to all involved, Dr. Merkowitz stated that, &#8220;I really appreciate all of the hard work everyone put in over the past several weeks (particularly during the Government shutdown!) to get ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/update-new-geodetic-observatory-coming-to-ut-austins-mcdonald-observatory\/\">UPDATE &#8211; New Geodetic Observatory Coming to UT Austin\u2019s McDonald Observatory<\/a><strong>  February 11, 2019<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nUPDATE: On February 7, 2019, the skyline of UT&#8217;s McDonald Observatory changed significantly as contractors successfully placed the antenna dish of MGO&#8217;s first major instrument &#8212; the Very Long Based Interferometer (VLBI) radio telescope &#8212; on its pedestal. Installation of additional MGO instruments, such as the Space Geodesy Satellite Laser Ranging (SGSLR) system, will occur ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/new-geodetic-observatory-coming-to-ut-austins-mcdonald-observatory\/\">New Geodetic Observatory Coming to UT Austin\u2019s McDonald Observatory<\/a><strong>  August 20, 2018<\/strong><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">A new scientific facility is under construction on the grounds of The University of Texas at Austin\u2019s McDonald Observatory that will help scientists better understand Earth and could help minimize the effects of geohazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sea level changes and landslides.\nCalled the McDonald Geodetic Observatory, it is funded by a $4.25 million ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2481,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493,"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2492\/revisions\/2493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utw10640.utweb.utexas.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}