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
Chatterjee Ritaban
(2008)
CORRELATED MULTI-WAVE BAND VARIABILITY IN THE BLAZAR 3C 279 FROM 1996 TO 2007
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Gomboc A.
(2008)
MULTIWAVELENGTH ANALYSIS OF THE INTRIGUING GRB 061126: THE REVERSE SHOCK SCENARIO AND MAGNETIZATION
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Hartman R. C.
(2008)
GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM THE BROAD-LINE RADIO GALAXY 3C 111
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Lynch DK
(2006)
Early infrared spectral development of V1187 scorpii (Nova Scorpii 2004 No. 2)
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Darnley M. J.
(2007)
The Angstrom Project Alert System: Real-time detection of extragalactic microlensing
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Monfardini A.
(2006)
High-quality early-time light curves of GRB 060206: Implications for gamma-ray burst environments and energetics
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Melandri A.
(2008)
THE EARLY-TIME OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Evans A.
(2007)
Spitzer and ground-based infrared observations of the 2006 eruption of RS ophiuchi
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Torres M. A. P.
(2008)
Observations of the 599 Hz accreting X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934 during the 2004 outburst and in quiescence
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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
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. |