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
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
Pan Y
(2015)
Type Ia supernova spectral features in the context of their host galaxy properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Palladino A
(2018)
The importance of observing astrophysical tau neutrinos
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Olkin C
(2015)
Evidence that Pluto's atmosphere does not collapse from occultations including the 2013 May 04 event
in Icarus
O'Neill D
(2019)
A progenitor candidate for the type II-P supernova SN 2018aoq in NGC 4151
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nicholl M
(2014)
Superluminous supernovae from PESSTO
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nicholl M
(2015)
LSQ14bdq: A TYPE Ic SUPER-LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA WITH A DOUBLE-PEAKED LIGHT CURVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Morozova D
(2014)
THE OUTBURST OF THE BLAZAR S4 0954+658 IN 2011 MARCH-APRIL
in The Astronomical Journal
Morgan A
(2014)
Evidence for dust destruction from the early-time colour change of GRB 120119A
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Morales-Garoffolo A
(2014)
SN 2013df, a double-peaked IIb supernova from a compact progenitor and an extended H envelope
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Montalto M
(2015)
FURTHER CONSTRAINTS ON THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF HAT-P-1b
in The Astrophysical Journal
Melandri A
(2014)
The nature of the late achromatic bump in GRB 120326A
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
McWhirter P
(2018)
GRAPE: Genetic Routine for Astronomical Period Estimation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mazzali P
(2014)
Hubble Space Telescope spectra of the Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe: a tail of low-density, high-velocity material with Z < Z?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maund J
(2019)
RINGO3 polarimetry of the Type I superluminous SN 2017egm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsumoto T
(2018)
Polarization of the first-hour macronovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maguire K
(2014)
Exploring the spectral diversity of low-redshift Type Ia supernovae using the Palomar Transient Factory
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
MacLeod C
(2019)
The 'Big Dipper': the nature of the extreme variability of the AGN SDSS J2232-0806
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
Lowry S
(2014)
The internal structure of asteroid (25143) Itokawa as revealed by detection of YORP spin-up
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lodieu N
(2019)
A 3D view of the Hyades stellar and sub-stellar population
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Li W
(2018)
Matter effect of light sterile neutrino: an exact analytical approach
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Levitan D
(2015)
Long-term photometric behaviour of outbursting AM CVn systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Laskar T
(2018)
First ALMA Light Curve Constrains Refreshed Reverse Shocks and Jet Magnetization in GRB 161219B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kumar P
(2015)
The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets
in Physics Reports
Kulyk I
(2018)
Physical activity of the selected nearly isotropic comets with perihelia at large heliocentric distance
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kuin N
(2019)
Swift spectra of AT2018cow: a white dwarf tidal disruption event?
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
Knapen J
(2014)
Optical imaging for the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies Data release and notes on interacting galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kelly K
(2018)
Multimessenger astronomy and new neutrino physics
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Kasliwal M
(2019)
The GROWTH Marshal: A Dynamic Science Portal for Time-domain Astronomy
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Kankare E
(2015)
On the triple peaks of SNHunt248 in NGC 5806
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Johnson C
(2014)
HD 314884: a slowly pulsating B star in a close binary
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jiménez-Ibarra F
(2019)
The complex evolution of the X-ray binary transient MAXI J1807+132 along the decay of its discovery outburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeong S
(2014)
The dark nature of GRB 130528A and its host galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jeong J
(2015)
REANALYSES OF ANOMALOUS GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS IN THE OGLE-III EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATABASE WITH COMBINED DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jayasinghe T
(2018)
The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars I: The Serendipitous Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Japelj J
(2014)
PHENOMENOLOGY OF REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION IN THE OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Izquierdo P
(2018)
Fast spectrophotometry of WD 1145+017
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IceCube Collaboration
(2018)
Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Huang L
(2018)
GRB 120729A: External Shock Origin for Both the Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission and Afterglow
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hou G
(2019)
Perspectives and outlook from HEP window on the universe
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Hooper D
(2019)
Active galactic nuclei and the origin of IceCube's diffuse neutrino flux
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Holoien T
(2014)
ASASSN-14ae: a tidal disruption event at 200 Mpc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Holoien T
(2019)
The ASAS-SN bright supernova catalogue - IV. 2017
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hillenbrand L
(2018)
Gaia 17bpi: An FU Ori-type Outburst
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
Henze M
(2018)
Breaking the Habit: The Peculiar 2016 Eruption of the Unique Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a
in The Astrophysical Journal
| 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 |