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
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
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
Brdar V
(2019)
IceCube flavor ratios with identified astrophysical sources: towards improving new physics testability
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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
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
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
Freudenthal J
(2018)
Kepler Object of Interest Network II. Photodynamical modelling of Kepler-9 over 8 years of transit observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Cia A
(2018)
Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ellis J
(2019)
Limits on neutrino Lorentz violation from multimessenger observations of TXS 0506+056
in Physics Letters B
Kopac? D
(2015)
LIMITS ON OPTICAL POLARIZATION DURING THE PROMPT PHASE OF GRB 140430A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Copperwheat C
(2015)
Liverpool telescope 2: a new robotic facility for rapid transient follow-up
in Experimental Astronomy
Levitan D
(2015)
Long-term photometric behaviour of outbursting AM CVn systems
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
Nicholl M
(2015)
LSQ14bdq: A TYPE Ic SUPER-LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA WITH A DOUBLE-PEAKED LIGHT CURVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Aleksic J
(2014)
MAGIC gamma-ray and multi-frequency observations of flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 in early 2012
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Aleksic J
(2014)
MAGIC observations and multifrequency properties of the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 in 2011
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
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
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 - 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
Li W
(2018)
Matter effect of light sterile neutrino: an exact analytical approach
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
Rousselot P
(2014)
Monitoring of the cometary activity of distant comet C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Uttley P
(2014)
Multi-Wavelength Variability Accretion and Ejection at the Fastest Timescales
in Space Science Reviews
Kelly K
(2018)
Multimessenger astronomy and new neutrino physics
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
IceCube Collaboration
(2018)
Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Carnerero M
(2015)
Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 from radio to ?-rays?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chianese M
(2018)
Neutrinophilic Dark Matter in the epoch of IceCube and Fermi-LAT
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Gil-Merino R
(2018)
New database for a sample of optically bright lensed quasars in the northern hemisphere
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Zhang T
(2019)
Observations of a Fast-expanding and UV-bright Type Ia Supernova SN 2013gs
in The Astrophysical Journal
Skowron J
(2015)
OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Fukui A
(2015)
OGLE-2012-BLG-0563Lb: A SATURN-MASS PLANET AROUND AN M DWARF WITH THE MASS CONSTRAINED BY SUBARU AO IMAGING
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dominik M
(2019)
OGLE-2014-BLG-1186: gravitational microlensing providing evidence for a planet orbiting the foreground star or for a close binary source?
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
Stewart A
(2018)
On the optical counterparts of radio transients and variables
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Williams S
(2014)
ON THE PROGENITORS OF LOCAL GROUP NOVAE. I. THE M31 CATALOG
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Kankare E
(2015)
On the triple peaks of SNHunt248 in NGC 5806
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ergon M
(2014)
Optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2011dh - The first 100 days
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Knapen J
(2014)
Optical imaging for the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies Data release and notes on interacting galaxies
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
Pruzhinskaya M
(2014)
Optical polarization observations with the MASTER robotic net
in New Astronomy
Wang Y
(2014)
Parallaxes of Five L Dwarfs with a Robotic Telescope
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Hou G
(2019)
Perspectives and outlook from HEP window on the universe
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
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
Japelj J
(2014)
PHENOMENOLOGY OF REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION IN THE OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ashall C
(2014)
Photometric and spectroscopic observations, and abundance tomography modelling of the Type Ia supernova SN 2014J located in M82
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kulyk I
(2018)
Physical activity of the selected nearly isotropic comets with perihelia at large heliocentric distance
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vol'vach A
(2015)
Physical characteristics of the Blazar AO 0235+164
in Astronomy Reports
Harvey E
(2018)
Polarimetry and spectroscopy of the "oxygen flaring" DQ Herculis-like nova: V5668 Sagittarii (2015)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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 |