Career
In 1933 he founded a private observatory at Le Houga (Gers), France. After his death, his library and instruments were acquired by the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas for use in teaching astronomy. The double 8-inch (200 mm) refracting telescope at Le Houga was used extensively for studies of the planets and the teaching of young astronomers.
In 1959 his observatory was part of an observational campaign regarding an occultation of Regulus by Venus.
The team of Harvard observers at Le Houga was led by Gérard de Vaucouleurs, who had previously collaborated with Mr. Péridier on studies at the observatory.
The success of the 1959 work started a five year collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration on photometry of the Moon and planets using a 12-inch (300 mm) reflector. A crater on Mars is named in his honor.
By G. de Vaucouleurs (at University of Texas website)
PASP 79 (1967) 379.
