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
Gall E
(2018)
An updated Type II supernova Hubble diagram
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Izquierdo P
(2018)
Fast spectrophotometry of WD 1145+017
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McWhirter P
(2018)
GRAPE: Genetic Routine for Astronomical Period Estimation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Huang L
(2018)
GRB 120729A: External Shock Origin for Both the Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission and Afterglow
in The Astrophysical Journal
Demangeon O
(2018)
The discovery of WASP-151b, WASP-153b, WASP-156b: Insights on giant planet migration and the upper boundary of the Neptunian desert
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wang Y
(2018)
A Focus on L Dwarfs with Trigonometric Parallaxes
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Slowikowska A
(2018)
Optical linear polarization of helium-rich white dwarfs samplewith the RoboPol polarimeter
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rivera Sandoval L
(2018)
X-ray Swift observations of SN 2018cow
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Abbott BP
(2016)
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo.
in Living reviews in relativity
Bours M
(2015)
HST+COS spectra of the double white dwarf CSS 41177 place the secondary inside the pulsational instability strip
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mo nik T
(2015)
The central star candidate of the planetary nebula Sh2-71: photometric and spectroscopic variability
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hellier C
(2015)
THREE WASP-SOUTH TRANSITING EXOPLANETS: WASP-74b, WASP-83b, AND WASP-89b
in The Astronomical Journal
Morales-Garoffolo A
(2015)
SN 2011fu: a type IIb supernova with a luminous double-peaked light curve
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
Olkin C
(2015)
Evidence that Pluto's atmosphere does not collapse from occultations including the 2013 May 04 event
in Icarus
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
Skowron J
(2015)
OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Vol'vach A
(2015)
Physical characteristics of the Blazar AO 0235+164
in Astronomy Reports
Samarasinha N
(2015)
Results from the worldwide coma morphology campaign for comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
in Planetary and Space Science
Dobler G
(2015)
STRONG LENS TIME DELAY CHALLENGE. I. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
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
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
Williams P
(2015)
THE FIRST MILLIMETER DETECTION OF A NON-ACCRETING ULTRACOOL DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pan Y
(2015)
Type Ia supernova spectral features in the context of their host galaxy properties
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
Kumar P
(2015)
The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets
in Physics Reports
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
Chen T
(2015)
The host galaxy and late-time evolution of the superluminous supernova PTF12dam
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anderson J
(2015)
On the environments of Type Ia supernovae within host galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Jaeger T
(2015)
SN 2011A: A LOW-LUMINOSITY INTERACTING TRANSIENT WITH A DOUBLE PLATEAU AND STRONG SODIUM ABSORPTION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Darnley M
(2015)
A remarkable recurrent nova in M31: Discovery and optical/UV observations of the predicted 2014 eruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kankare E
(2015)
On the triple peaks of SNHunt248 in NGC 5806
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gall E
(2015)
A comparative study of Type II-P and II-L supernova rise times as exemplified by the case of LSQ13cuw
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Ergon M
(2015)
The Type IIb SN 2011dh: Two years of observations and modelling of the lightcurves
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Carnerero M
(2015)
Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 from radio to ?-rays?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lunnan R
(2015)
ZOOMING IN ON THE PROGENITORS OF SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE WITH THE HST
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jeong J
(2015)
REANALYSES OF ANOMALOUS GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS IN THE OGLE-III EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATABASE WITH COMBINED DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Henze M
(2015)
A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: The 2010 eruption recovered and evidence of a six-month period
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2015)
THE WELL-ALIGNED ORBIT OF WASP-84b: EVIDENCE FOR DISK MIGRATION OF A HOT JUPITER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Parsons S
(2015)
14 new eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the SDSS and Catalina surveys
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kopac? D
(2015)
LIMITS ON OPTICAL POLARIZATION DURING THE PROMPT PHASE OF GRB 140430A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Nicholl M
(2015)
LSQ14bdq: A TYPE Ic SUPER-LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA WITH A DOUBLE-PEAKED LIGHT CURVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Casadio C
(2015)
A MULTI-WAVELENGTH POLARIMETRIC STUDY OF THE BLAZAR CTA 102 DURING A GAMMA-RAY FLARE IN 2012
in The Astrophysical Journal
Shvartzvald Y
(2015)
SPITZER MICROLENS MEASUREMENT OF A MASSIVE REMNANT IN A WELL-SEPARATED BINARY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Barbarino C
(2015)
SN 2012ec: mass of the progenitor from PESSTO follow-up of the photospheric phase
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vazquez B
(2015)
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE MEASUREMENTS OF DUST REVERBERATION LAGS IN THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 6418
in The Astrophysical Journal
Polshaw J
(2015)
A supernova distance to the anchor galaxy NGC 4258
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Williams S
(2015)
A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN M31 AND ITS PROGENITOR SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Vaduvescu O
(2015)
First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT?
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 |