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
Matsumoto T
(2018)
Polarization of the first-hour macronovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bours M
(2014)
Precise parameters for both white dwarfs in the eclipsing binary CSS 41177
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Abbott BP
(2016)
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo.
in Living reviews in relativity
Abbott BP
(2018)
Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA.
in Living reviews in relativity
Jeong J
(2015)
REANALYSES OF ANOMALOUS GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS IN THE OGLE-III EARLY WARNING SYSTEM DATABASE WITH COMBINED DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Samarasinha N
(2015)
Results from the worldwide coma morphology campaign for comet ISON (C/2012 S1)
in Planetary and Space Science
Maund J
(2019)
RINGO3 polarimetry of the Type I superluminous SN 2017egm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fraser M
(2015)
SN 2009ip at late times - an interacting transient at +2 years
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
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
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
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
Prentice S
(2018)
SN 2016coi/ASASSN-16fp: an example of residual helium in a typeIc supernova?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zheng-Zhou Y
(2018)
SONG-China Project: A Global Automated Observation Networktwo
in Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
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
Shvartzvald Y
(2015)
SPITZER MICROLENS MEASUREMENT OF A MASSIVE REMNANT IN A WELL-SEPARATED BINARY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Vazquez B
(2015)
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE MEASUREMENTS OF DUST REVERBERATION LAGS IN THE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY NGC 6418
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dobler G
(2015)
STRONG LENS TIME DELAY CHALLENGE. I. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
in The Astrophysical Journal
Nicholl M
(2014)
Superluminous supernovae from PESSTO
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Armas Padilla M
(2014)
Swift J1357.2-0933: the faintest black hole?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kuin N
(2019)
Swift spectra of AT2018cow: a white dwarf tidal disruption event?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bours M
(2014)
Testing the planetary models of HU Aquarii
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
Ducrot E
(2018)
The 0.8-4.5 µm Broadband Transmission Spectra of TRAPPIST-1 Planets
in The Astronomical Journal
Holoien T
(2019)
The ASAS-SN bright supernova catalogue - IV. 2017
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jayasinghe T
(2018)
The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars I: The Serendipitous Survey
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
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
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
Prentice S
(2018)
The Cow: Discovery of a Luminous, Hot, and Rapidly Evolving Transient
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Jeong S
(2014)
The dark nature of GRB 130528A and its host galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
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
Williams P
(2015)
THE FIRST MILLIMETER DETECTION OF A NON-ACCRETING ULTRACOOL DWARF
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Kasliwal M
(2019)
The GROWTH Marshal: A Dynamic Science Portal for Time-domain Astronomy
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Chen T
(2015)
The host galaxy and late-time evolution of the superluminous supernova PTF12dam
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
Lowry S
(2014)
The internal structure of asteroid (25143) Itokawa as revealed by detection of YORP spin-up
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Zhang S
(2014)
THE MAGNETIZATION DEGREE OF THE OUTFLOW POWERING THE HIGHLY POLARIZED REVERSE-SHOCK EMISSION OF GRB 120308A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Melandri A
(2014)
The nature of the late achromatic bump in GRB 120326A
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Pasquale M
(2015)
The optical rebrightening of GRB100814A: an interplay of forward and reverse shocks?
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
Kumar P
(2015)
The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets
in Physics Reports
Benetti S
(2014)
The supernova CSS121015:004244+132827: a clue for understanding superluminous supernovae
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
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
Anderson D
(2015)
THE WELL-ALIGNED ORBIT OF WASP-84b: EVIDENCE FOR DISK MIGRATION OF A HOT JUPITER
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 |