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
Benetti S
(2014)
The supernova CSS121015:004244+132827: a clue for understanding superluminous supernovae
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
Coti Zelati F
(2014)
Engulfing a radio pulsar: the case of PSR J1023+0038
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Vaduvescu O
(2015)
First EURONEAR NEA discoveries from La Palma using the INT?
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
Bernardini M
(2014)
A magnetar powering the ordinary monster GRB 130427A?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Rivera Sandoval L
(2018)
X-ray Swift observations of SN 2018cow
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Casares J
(2014)
A Be-type star with a black-hole companion.
in Nature
Darnley MJ
(2019)
A recurrent nova super-remnant in the Andromeda galaxy.
in Nature
Pruzhinskaya M
(2014)
Optical polarization observations with the MASTER robotic net
in New Astronomy
Ellis J
(2019)
Limits on neutrino Lorentz violation from multimessenger observations of TXS 0506+056
in Physics Letters B
Kumar P
(2015)
The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets
in Physics Reports
Samarasinha N
(2015)
Results from the worldwide coma morphology campaign for comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
in Planetary and Space Science
Fitzgerald M
(2014)
A Review of High School Level Astronomy Student Research Projects Over the Last Two Decades
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Wang Y
(2014)
Parallaxes of Five L Dwarfs with a Robotic Telescope
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Kasliwal M
(2019)
The GROWTH Marshal: A Dynamic Science Portal for Time-domain Astronomy
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
IceCube Collaboration
(2018)
Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Uttley P
(2014)
Multi-Wavelength Variability Accretion and Ejection at the Fastest Timescales
in Space Science Reviews
Ducrot E
(2018)
The 0.8-4.5 µ m Broadband Transmission Spectra of TRAPPIST-1 Planets
in The Astronomical Journal
Hellier C
(2015)
THREE WASP-SOUTH TRANSITING EXOPLANETS: WASP-74b, WASP-83b, AND WASP-89b
in The Astronomical Journal
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
Morozova D
(2014)
THE OUTBURST OF THE BLAZAR S4 0954+658 IN 2011 MARCH-APRIL
in The Astronomical Journal
Huang L
(2018)
GRB 120729A: External Shock Origin for Both the Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission and Afterglow
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hillenbrand L
(2018)
Gaia 17bpi: An FU Ori-type Outburst
in The Astrophysical Journal
Anderson D
(2015)
THE WELL-ALIGNED ORBIT OF WASP-84b: EVIDENCE FOR DISK MIGRATION OF A HOT JUPITER
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
Shvartzvald Y
(2015)
SPITZER MICROLENS MEASUREMENT OF A MASSIVE REMNANT IN A WELL-SEPARATED BINARY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lunnan R
(2015)
ZOOMING IN ON THE PROGENITORS OF SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE WITH THE HST
in The Astrophysical Journal
De Jaeger T
(2015)
SN 2011A: A LOW-LUMINOSITY INTERACTING TRANSIENT WITH A DOUBLE PLATEAU AND STRONG SODIUM ABSORPTION
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
Dall'Ora M
(2014)
THE TYPE IIP SUPERNOVA 2012aw IN M95: HYDRODYNAMICAL MODELING OF THE PHOTOSPHERIC PHASE FROM ACCURATE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MONITORING
in The Astrophysical Journal
Japelj J
(2014)
PHENOMENOLOGY OF REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION IN THE OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Skowron J
(2015)
OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams S
(2015)
A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN M31 AND ITS PROGENITOR SYSTEM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coley J
(2015)
PROBING THE MASSES AND RADII OF DONOR STARS IN ECLIPSING X-RAY BINARIES WITH THE SWIFT BURST ALERT TELESCOPE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Laskar T
(2018)
First ALMA Light Curve Constrains Refreshed Reverse Shocks and Jet Magnetization in GRB 161219B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Montalto M
(2015)
FURTHER CONSTRAINTS ON THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF HAT-P-1b
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Zhang S
(2014)
THE MAGNETIZATION DEGREE OF THE OUTFLOW POWERING THE HIGHLY POLARIZED REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION OF GRB 120308A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dobler G
(2015)
STRONG LENS TIME DELAY CHALLENGE. I. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
in The Astrophysical Journal
Henze M
(2018)
Breaking the Habit: The Peculiar 2016 Eruption of the Unique Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zhang T
(2019)
Observations of a Fast-expanding and UV-bright Type Ia Supernova SN 2013gs
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams P
(2015)
THE FIRST MILLIMETER DETECTION OF A NON-ACCRETING ULTRACOOL DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
De Cia A
(2018)
Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Bose S
(2018)
ASASSN-15nx: A Luminous Type II Supernova with a "Perfect" Linear Decline
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Corsi A
(2014)
A MULTI-WAVELENGTH INVESTIGATION OF THE RADIO-LOUD SUPERNOVA PTF11qcj AND ITS CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT
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 |