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Wes Lockwood
Lowell Observatory
1400 W. Mars Hill Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-4499
(928) 774-3358 main observatory number
(928) 774-6296 fax
e-mail: gwl[at]lowell[dot]edu
Publications and biography
My bibliography (pdf)
Curriculum vitae (pdf)
Remembering 35 years at Lowell (Lowell Observer, spring 2009) (pdf)
The Solar-Stellar Spectrograph at Lowell Observatory, J.C. Hall & G.W. Lockwood
Photometric variability of Titan, 1972-2012
Photometric variability of Uranus and Neptune, 1972-2011
Readmefirst: Guide to the archive
Introduction to the data files
Titan, season by season
ASCII file of Titan nightly data
ASCII file ot Titan seasonal mean data
Uranus, season by season
ASCII file of Uranus nightly data
ASCII file ot Uranus seasonal mean data
Neptune, season by season
ASCII file of Neptune nightly data
ASCII file of Neptune seasonal mean data
Atmospheric extinction and photometric transformation 1972-2012
ASCII file of extinction and transformation data
The 21-inch telescope at Lowell Observatory and historical topics
Lowell's 21-inch telescope has been very busy since it was built in 1953. Here's how we used it:
2,713 Nights and Counting (article from The Lowell Observer, Fall 2004, pdf)
A history of the 21-inch telescope (AAS poster presentation, 2006, pdf)
Harold Johnson at Lowell Observatory: The Age of Photoelectric Astronomy Begins (article from The Lowell Observer, Spring 2008, pdf)
A Century of Uranus Observation at Lowell (article from The Lowell Observer, Fall 2010, pdf),
Bibliography for the 21-inch telescope, 1954-2006 (pdf)
Dark Skies
Dark skies are valuable to everyone with an interest in astronomy. In Flagstaff,
we take this seriously:
Flagstaff: Dark skies tonight (article from The Lowell Observer, Fall 2002, pdf)
Flagstaff's Battle for Dark Skies (prize-winning article from The Griffith Observer, Oct. 2002, by David Portree, pdf)
Wes Lockwood Saves the Universe (prize-winning article from The Griffith Observer, Nov. 2007, by David Portree, pdf)
City of Flagstaff lighting code
Coconino County lighting code
International Dark-Sky Association
Solar Variability
How the Sun varies and whether this afffects climate has been an enduring theme at Lowell Observatory for 60 years. Our studies never detected solar variability, which we know now to be too small to be detected by ground-based techniques, but the ongoing effort here has led to valuable measurements of planetary and stellar brightness variations. The latest results are found in my bibliography, but here are some earlier milestones.
Gauging the Sun (article from The Lowell Observer, Winter 2000, pdf)
"The Sun as a variable star. II. Photometric observations of Uranus, Neptune, and standard stars in the years 1953-1961" K. Serkowski, Lowell Observatory Bulletin 116 (1961) (pdf)
"The Sun as a variable star. III. Photometric observations of Uranus, Neptune, and F and G type stars." M. Jerzykiewicz and K. Serkowski, Lowell Observatory Bulletin 137 (1966) (pdf)
"Whither the Sun" (chapter from The Explorers of Mars Hill, W. L. Putnam) (pdf)