Lizard Hollow Observatory
Tucson, AZ USA
Thomas L. Gandet, Director
Theodore W. Fusby, Engineering Consultant

LHO's telescope is the 0.28-m Beardsley Memorial SCT. From 2001 until
2009,
an SBIG ST7-E CCD camera was used for UBVRCIC
photometry of variable stars.
In late 2009, the camera was
decommissioned, and
the telescope itself was temporarily decommissioned.
In 2010, the telescope was equipped with a Lyot interferometric micrometer
for observational work on close visual binary stars. This is an exciting
addition to our research activities.
Future photometric observations will be made off-site.
Engineering modifications to the
telescope mirror cells and focusing mechanism
will be done during the usual summer down-time. These mods will improve
the telescope
performance so that it will match the capabilities offered by the
interferometer.
Please click here to enter the
main LHO main pages. LHO actively supports the IAU
Task Force This weather forecast for the
Lizard Hollow Observatory is provided by the
Canadian
Meteorological Centre. Atila Danko maintains the web site, and Allan Rahill and colleagues at the
CMC prepare the forecasts.
Research interests at LHO are in early-type spectroscopic and eclipsing binary
stars, visual multiple stars,
poorly-studied variable stars, and Be and Be-like stars.
LHO is also a participant in the
Spectral
Classification Project at PARI (Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute).
Collaborative projects have been ongoing, since 2006, with astronomers
at the
Tien-Shan
Observatory in Kazakhstan and at the
US Naval Observatory/Flagstaff Station.
LHO research programs have made use of the 0.9-m coudé feed spectrograph
at the
Kitt Peak National Observatory,
the 0.81-m RCT telescope at
Tenagra Observatories, and the
0.32-m telescope at the
Sonoita Research Observatory .
for the Preservation and Digitization of Photographic Plates (PDPP).
The Task Force is sponsored by IAU Commission 5, Astronomical Data.
LHO proudly hosts the PDPP web site, which also contains links to PDPP-related sites.
Please click here to go to the PDPP web site.
Thom Gandet,
Director
Lizard Hollow Observatory
P.O. Box 89175
Tucson, AZ 85752-9175
This web site was last updated on February 10, 2010.