Liverpool Telescope Operational Phase
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
The Liverpool Telescope is the world's largest robotic telescope. As a robotic telescope, it operates on its own every night, carrying out a queue of observations defined by a wide community of astronomers. Robotic telescopes are particularly suitable for making repeated sequences of observations of time variable sources (monitoring), or for rapid response to objects which last only a short time, such as Novae, Supernovae and Gamma Ray Burst sources. This application is for continuation of funding for the maintenance and operation of the Liverpool Telescope, both in its role as a national facility and also as the primary component of RoboNet.
Publications
Gomboc A.
(2006)
A review of early-time optical follow-ups with 2 m robotic telescopes
in NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS
Villata M
(2006)
The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3 The WEBT campaign of 2004-2005
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pandey S
(2006)
Multi-wavelength afterglow observations of the high redshift GRB 050730
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2006)
VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Guetta D
(2006)
The variable X-ray light curve of GRB 050713A: the case of refreshed shocks
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Russell D
(2006)
Global optical/infrared???X-ray correlations in X-ray binaries: quantifying disc and jet contributions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monfardini A.
(2006)
High-quality early-time light curves of GRB 060206: Implications for gamma-ray burst environments and energetics
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Guidorzi C
(2006)
The automatic real-time gamma-ray burst pipeline of the 2 m Liverpool Telescope
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Oates S
(2006)
Anatomy of a dark burst - the afterglow of GRB 060108
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Guidorzi C
(2006)
The circumburst environment of a FRED GRB: study of the prompt emission and X-ray/optical afterglow of GRB 051111
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Title | Robotic Control Software |
Description | software developed to run the liverpool telescope in an autonomous fashion was licensed under GPL and released to Las Cumbres Observatory in return for 1200 hours guarenteed time on their telesopes. |
IP Reference | |
Protection | Copyrighted (e.g. software) |
Year Protection Granted | 2007 |
Licensed | Yes |
Impact | The robotic software is of course key to the whole operation of the telescope- without it the majority of the scientific papers produced would not have been possible. |