LT Operations Extension April - September 2014
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
In order to maintain the operations of the Liverpool Telescope in the period 1st April 2014 - 30st September 2014 while a longer term funding decision is made, and to allow the retention of staff during that period, a contribution to the staffing costs of the telescope is requested from STFC as agreed by Colin Vincent.
Planned Impact
ARI has a long tradition of strong industrial and PUS engagement. We will continue our policy of engagement with engineering firms who will be commissioned to manufacture the structure of the instrument. In the past this has allowed firms working with us to upgrade their skills and machinery to deliver the high precision needed for astronomical instrumentation, allowing them to received a grants and R&D tax credits in order to upgrade their precision machining capability and safeguarding a number of jobs at the time. In addition such firms have been able to use their work on astronomical instrumentation to enhance their reputation with other customers and has assisted them in gaining access to new markets (for example contracts with ING and CERN). In addition the LT will remain the core of the National Schools Observatory, the UK's most significant schools outreach activity.
Publications
Zheng-Zhou Y
(2018)
SONG-China Project: A Global Automated Observation Networktwo
in Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
Zhang T
(2019)
Observations of a Fast-expanding and UV-bright Type Ia Supernova SN 2013gs
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zhang S
(2014)
THE MAGNETIZATION DEGREE OF THE OUTFLOW POWERING THE HIGHLY POLARIZED REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION OF GRB 120308A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zhang Q
(2015)
MODELING THE MULTI-BAND AFTERGLOW OF GRB 091127: EVIDENCE OF A HARD ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM WITH AN INJECTION BREAK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Yap Y
(2019)
Face changing companion of the redback millisecond pulsar PSR J1048+2339
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Williamson K
(2014)
COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING OF GAMMA-RAY BRIGHT BLAZARS. I. STATISTICAL STUDY OF OPTICAL, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTRAL SLOPES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams S
(2014)
ON THE PROGENITORS OF LOCAL GROUP NOVAE. I. THE M31 CATALOG
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Williams S
(2015)
A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN M31 AND ITS PROGENITOR SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams P
(2015)
THE FIRST MILLIMETER DETECTION OF A NON-ACCRETING ULTRACOOL DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wang Y
(2014)
Parallaxes of Five L Dwarfs with a Robotic Telescope
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Wang Y
(2018)
A Focus on L Dwarfs with Trigonometric Parallaxes
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Von Essen C
(2018)
Kepler Object of Interest Network I. First results combining ground- and space-based observations of Kepler systems with transit timing variations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vol'vach A
(2015)
Physical characteristics of the Blazar AO 0235+164
in Astronomy Reports
Vazquez B
(2015)
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE MEASUREMENTS OF DUST REVERBERATION LAGS IN THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 6418
in The Astrophysical Journal
Van Eerten H
(2018)
Gamma-ray burst afterglow blast waves
in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Vaduvescu O
(2015)
First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Uttley P
(2014)
Multi-Wavelength Variability Accretion and Ejection at the Fastest Timescales
in Space Science Reviews
Tsapras Y
(2014)
A SUPER-JUPITER ORBITING A LATE-TYPE STAR: A REFINED ANALYSIS OF MICROLENSING EVENT OGLE-2012-BLG-0406
in The Astrophysical Journal
Tregloan-Reed J
(2015)
Transits and starspots in the WASP-6 planetary system
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tartaglia L
(2015)
Interacting supernovae and supernova impostors. SN 2007sv: the major eruption of a massive star in UGC 5979
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tanvir N
(2019)
The fraction of ionizing radiation from massive stars that escapes to the intergalactic medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Surina F
(2014)
A DETAILED PHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE 2011 OUTBURST OF THE RECURRENT NOVA T Pyxidis FROM 0.8 TO 250 DAYS AFTER DISCOVERY
in The Astronomical Journal
Stewart A
(2018)
On the optical counterparts of radio transients and variables
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Stanway E
(2014)
GRB 080517: a local, low-luminosity gamma-ray burst in a dusty galaxy at z = 0.09
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Spiro S
(2014)
Low luminosity Type II supernovae - II. Pointing towards moderate mass precursors
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith A
(2014)
WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smartt S
(2015)
PESSTO: survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Slowikowska A
(2018)
Optical linear polarization of helium-rich white dwarfs samplewith the RoboPol polarimeter
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Skowron J
(2015)
OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Simpson C
(2014)
No excess of bright galaxies around the redshift 7.1 quasar ULAS J1120+0641
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shvartzvald Y
(2015)
SPITZER MICROLENS MEASUREMENT OF A MASSIVE REMNANT IN A WELL-SEPARATED BINARY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Shalyapin V
(2014)
Spectra of faint sources in crowded fields with FRODOSpec on the Liverpool Robotic Telescope
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Shalyapin V
(2018)
Spectroscopic follow-up of double quasar candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shalyapin V
(2014)
Deep optical imaging and spectroscopy of the lens system SDSS J1339+1310
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schulze S
(2014)
GRB 120422A/SN 2012bz: Bridging the gap between low- and high-luminosity gamma-ray bursts
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schlindwein W
(2018)
Mapping the accretion disc of the short period eclipsing binary SDSS J0926+3624
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Samarasinha N
(2015)
Results from the worldwide coma morphology campaign for comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
in Planetary and Space Science
Rousselot P
(2014)
Monitoring of the cometary activity of distant comet C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rivera Sandoval L
(2018)
X-ray Swift observations of SN 2018cow
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Ramakrishnan V
(2014)
The connection between the parsec-scale radio jet and ?-ray flares in the blazar 1156+295
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Raddi R
(2018)
Further Insight on the Hypervelocity White Dwarf, LP 40-365 (GD 492): A Nearby Emissary from a Single-degenerate Type Ia Supernova
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pruzhinskaya M
(2014)
Optical polarization observations with the MASTER robotic net
in New Astronomy
Prentice S
(2018)
SN 2016coi/ASASSN-16fp: an example of residual helium in a typeIc supernova?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Prentice S
(2019)
Investigating the properties of stripped-envelope supernovae; what are the implications for their progenitors?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Prentice S
(2018)
The Cow: Discovery of a Luminous, Hot, and Rapidly Evolving Transient
in The Astrophysical Journal
Polshaw J
(2015)
A supernova distance to the anchor galaxy NGC 4258
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Perley D
(2019)
The fast, luminous ultraviolet transient AT2018cow: extreme supernova, or disruption of a star by an intermediate-mass black hole?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2015)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - VII. The metamorphosis of ASASSN-15ed from a narrow line Type Ibn to a normal Type Ib Supernova
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2015)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - VI. Observations of two distant Type Ibn supernova candidates discovered by La Silla-QUEST
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2015)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - IV. Transitional Type Ibn supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Description | The National Schools' Observatory (NSO) is a major educational website, established by Liverpool John Moores University, to allow schools to make their own observations alongside professional astronomers with the world's largest fully-robotic telescope - the Liverpool Telescope. The NSO also provides educational resources to help with the challenging task of teaching science, technology and mathematics in the classroom environment. It has long been known that astronomy creates a sense of excitement and wonder in pupils of all ages. The NSO taps into that interest to further the pupil's knowledge of science and mathematics, while at the same time improve computer literacy and communications skills, strengthen critical thinking and provide experience the real-world application of science and technology. Using astronomical telescopes is the most important feature of this website and schools registered with the Schools' Observatory have the opportunity to make their observations using the LT. Over the past 10 years, over 100,000 observations have been taken for schools. Once the observing request has been completed, pupils are able to download the telescope data and use special Image Processing software (LTImage) to analyse the resulting images. |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Societal |
Description | Collaboration with University of Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Access to telescope time |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Financial Contribution |
Impact | Collaboration on followup of LOFAR radio transients starting in early 2014. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ESA Gaia Support |
Organisation | European Space Agency |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Telescope time, observation management and data reduction in support of the tracking of the Gaia satellite via optical means. |
Collaborator Contribution | Target Position Information, Data Analysis |
Impact | Ongoing project - wast initially test programme prior to satellite launch in September 2013, after became ongoing commercial contract with ESA renewed annually |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | FRODOSpec |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Department | Physics and Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Funding and effort to develop a dual beam spectrograph for the Liverpool Telescope using optical fibre and VPH technology. Ongoing joint exploitation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding contribution and scientific input to the spectrograph design. Ongoing joint exploitation. |
Impact | The FRODOSpec instrument itself. Scientific publications. |
Description | Joint GRB Programme |
Organisation | University of Ljubljana |
Department | Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
Country | Slovenia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Telescope time, data analysis, software development, scientific expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, scientific expertise. |
Impact | 17 joint scientific publications. |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | RISE |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Department | School of Mathematics and Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design of a new fast-timing camera for the Liverpool Telescope, integration and operation. Joint scientific exploitation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding of hardware. Software development. Joint scientific Exploitation. |
Impact | The RISE instrument. 17 scientific publications. |
Start Year | 2007 |
Title | Telescope Robotic Control Software |
Description | Robotic Control Software for telescopes |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Used for robotic control of Liverpool and Faulkes Telescopes |
URL | https://github.com/LivTel/robotic-control-system |
Description | National Schools Observatory |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Over 100,000 Liverpool Telescope observations delivered into over 2,500 schools in the UK, with supporting curricular material etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk |