Lizard Hollow Observatory
Tucson, AZ USA

Thomas L. Gandet, Director

Theodore W. Fusby, Engineering Consultant

LHO Research interests Include:
early-type spectroscopic and eclipsing binary stars,
poorly-studied variable stars,
Be and Be-like stars, and
visual multiple stars.
 

LHO's telescope is the 0.36-m Beardsley Memorial SCT.  The telescope
became operational in May of 2011 and replaced an aging 0.28-m SCT.
From 2001 until 2009, the 0.28-m telescope was used for UBVR_CI_C photometry of variable stars.
In late 2009, the camera was permanently decommissioned.
In 2011, a Lyot interferometric micrometer was acquired
for observations of close visual binary stars.


It is a pleasure to acknowledge TAG Engineering of Tucson for the design and manufacture
of parts for a re-designed telescope balance system that significantly improved
the stability and usability of the telescope!



LHO research programs have also made use of  the
0.9-m coudé feed spectrograph
at the Kitt Peak National Observatory,
and various telescopes of the
AAVSONet

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