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
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
Gibson N
(2008)
Updated parameters for the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b using RISE, a new fast camera for the Liverpool Telescope
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Barros S
(2007)
ULTRACAM photometry of the ultracompact binaries V407 Vul and HM Cnc
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
Villata M
(2006)
The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3 The WEBT campaign of 2004-2005
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Taubenberger S
(2008)
The underluminous Type Ia supernova 2005bl and the class of objects similar to SN 1991bg? SN 2005bl
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2008)
The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mazzali PA
(2008)
The metamorphosis of supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: a link between supernovae and GRBs/hypernovae.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Erlund M
(2007)
The luminous X-ray hotspot in 4C 74.26: synchrotron or inverse-Compton emission?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ferrero P
(2006)
The GRB 060218/SN 2006aj event in the context of other gamma-ray burst supernovae
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. |