Lizard
Hollow Observatory
P.O. Box 89175 |
| Tucson, Arizona 85752-9175 |
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Location: Longitude: Latitude: Elevation: |
Tucson, Arizona W 111° 04' 20" N 32° 17' 40" 720.2 meters |
Lizard Hollow Observatory became operational in September 2000.
The 28-cm W.R. Beardsley telescope
of the Observatory was dedicated on October 4, 2000. The late Wallace R. Beardsley was an astronomer
at the Allegheny Observatory of the
University of Pittsburgh.
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This image of the
moon is of the current phase for the current date and
time. It is updated every four hours
and comes courtesy of US Naval
Observatory, Washington
DC.
LHO projects, underway as of 20 March 2008:
- Long-term UBVRI photometry of Be stars, selected FS CMa and RV Tau type variable stars.
- Spectroscopic orbit determinations for late-B type spectroscopic and eclipsing binaries.
- New Trapezia from POSS images.
Collaborative projects, underway
as of 20 March 2008:
- Stromvil photometry and
determination of SEDs of hot stars selected from Lanning's catalogue
of UV-bright Galactic-plane objects.
In collaboration with Fred Vrba at USNO/Flagstaff station.
- Stromvil photometry and determination of
SEDs of FS CMa-like stars (formerly regarded as
B[e] stars with warm disks).
In collaboration with Fred Vrba at USNO/Flagstaff station.
- Multi-color Photometry of the Peculiar
FS CMa-type Variable Star IRAS 00470+6429.
In collaboration with A. Kusakin, Tien-Shan
Observatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Multi-color Photometry of the M-type Red
Giant Variable Star V634 Cas.
In collaboration with A. Kusakin, Tien-Shan
Observatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Bibliography:
W.R. Beardsley et al.*, The Radial Velocities of 129 Stars in the Years 1906 to 1917: 1969, Publications of
H.A. Abt, S.G.
Levy, and T.L. Gandet, Radial Velocities of 65 Early-Type Stars: 1973,
The Astronomical
Journal, Vol. 77, No. 2.
T.L. Gandet, S.
Otero, B. Fraser, and J.D. West, Delta Scorpii: Visual Photometric Variability
in
2000-2002: 2002, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars,
Number 5352.
A.S. Miroshnichenko,
et al., V669 Cep: A New Binary System with a B[e] Star: 2002,
Astronomy and
Astrophysics, Vol. 388, p. 563.
A.S. Miroshnichenko,
et al., Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. II. New Galactic FS CMa
Stars:
2007, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 671, p. 828.
T.L. Gandet, On a "Triple Trapezium" in the Cluster KPR2005 1034: 2007, The Deep Sky Observer, Issue 144.
T.L. Gandet, A Trapezium in the
field of Chevalier (CHE) 138, Double Star Section Circulars, No. 16,
The Webb Society, 2007,
The Webb Society DSSC 16.
T.L. Gandet, V772 Cas: an Intrinsically Variable BpSi Star in an Eclipsing Binary?: 2008, I.B.V.S., No. 5848.
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