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

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Lowry SC (2007) Direct detection of the asteroidal YORP effect. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Lynch DK (2006) Early infrared spectral development of V1187 scorpii (Nova Scorpii 2004 No. 2) in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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Mazzali PA (2008) The metamorphosis of supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: a link between supernovae and GRBs/hypernovae. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Melandri A. (2008) THE EARLY-TIME OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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Monfardini A. (2006) High-quality early-time light curves of GRB 060206: Implications for gamma-ray burst environments and energetics in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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Mundell CG (2007) Early optical polarization of a gamma-ray burst afterglow. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Oates S (2006) Anatomy of a dark burst - the afterglow of GRB 060108 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Pandey S (2006) Multi-wavelength afterglow observations of the high redshift GRB 050730 in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Pastorello A (2007) A giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star. in Nature

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Pastorello A (2008) The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution 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.