Liverpool Telescope Operational Phase
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
The Liverpool Telescope is the world's largest robotic telescope. As a robotic telescope, it operates on its own every night, carrying out a queue of observations defined by a wide community of astronomers. Robotic telescopes are particularly suitable for making repeated sequences of observations of time variable sources (monitoring), or for rapid response to objects which last only a short time, such as Novae, Supernovae and Gamma Ray Burst sources. This application is for continuation of funding for the maintenance and operation of the Liverpool Telescope, both in its role as a national facility and also as the primary component of RoboNet.
Publications
Anderson J
(2008)
Constraints on core-collapse supernova progenitors from correlations with Ha emission ?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shalyapin V
(2008)
New two-colour light curves of Q0957+561: time delays and the origin of intrinsic variations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dillon M
(2008)
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS - III. Time-series photometry obtained during the 2004/5 International Time Project on La Palma
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gibson N
(2008)
Updated parameters for the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b using RISE, a new fast camera for the Liverpool Telescope
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pastorello A
(2008)
The Type IIb SN 2008ax: spectral and light curve evolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gomboc A.
(2008)
MULTIWAVELENGTH ANALYSIS OF THE INTRIGUING GRB 061126: THE REVERSE SHOCK SCENARIO AND MAGNETIZATION
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Chatterjee Ritaban
(2008)
CORRELATED MULTI-WAVE BAND VARIABILITY IN THE BLAZAR 3C 279 FROM 1996 TO 2007
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Torres M. A. P.
(2008)
Observations of the 599 Hz accreting X-ray pulsar IGR J00291+5934 during the 2004 outburst and in quiescence
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Melandri A.
(2008)
THE EARLY-TIME OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Hartman R. C.
(2008)
GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM THE BROAD-LINE RADIO GALAXY 3C 111
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Title | Robotic Control Software |
Description | software developed to run the liverpool telescope in an autonomous fashion was licensed under GPL and released to Las Cumbres Observatory in return for 1200 hours guarenteed time on their telesopes. |
IP Reference | |
Protection | Copyrighted (e.g. software) |
Year Protection Granted | 2007 |
Licensed | Yes |
Impact | The robotic software is of course key to the whole operation of the telescope- without it the majority of the scientific papers produced would not have been possible. |