Liverpool Telescope

Liverpool Telescope The Liverpool Telescope is a fully-robotic 2 metre telescope owned and operated by Liverpool John Moores University.

It is sited at the international Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma. The Liverpool Telescope, or "LT", is a fully robotic astronomical telescope owned and operated by the Astrophysics Research Institute of Liverpool John Moores University in north west England. It was designed and built by Telescope Technologies Limited (a spin-off company of the university) as the p

rototype of their production-line range of two-metre class telescopes. The LT was therefore the "first off the line". The telescope itself is a two-metre Cassegrain reflector, with Ritchey-Cretien hyperbolic optics, on an alt-azimuth mount. Up to nine different instruments can be mounted at the Cassegrain focus, one in the "straight through" position and eight more on side ports accessible by a rotating "science fold" tertiary mirror. Over the years a wide variety of optical and near-IR imagers, spectrometers, and polarimeters have been mounted on the LT. Contrary to its name, the Liverpool Telescope is not in fact in Liverpool, but in the Canary Islands. It's sited at the international Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the summit of the island of La Palma, westernmost of the Canaries, some 200 km off the coast of north-west Africa. This site is one of the best astronomical sites in the world; the remoteness of the island, lack of urban development and local agreement to restrict artificial light pollution ensure the continued quality of the night sky. Among the many telescopes sited at the Observatory are the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (part of the Isaac Newton Group), the 3.6m Italian Galileo National Telescope and the 10m Spanish GranTeCan telescope. The LT is one of the most recent, and the only one which is robotic.

Spot the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe) in this LT SkyCam Image taken just now...
29/04/2022

Spot the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe) in this LT SkyCam Image taken just now...

Another Job Opportunity with the New Robotic Telescope. This time we are looking for a software engineer to work on the...
28/04/2022

Another Job Opportunity with the New Robotic Telescope. This time we are looking for a software engineer to work on the telescope user interface. More details and how to apply at the link below.

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25/02/2022

Oooh! My data used here... 😀

The black hole is stealing material from a companion star, in a process that could show how black holes get a kick from supernova explosions that form them.

Another Job opportunity with NRT
28/01/2022

Another Job opportunity with NRT

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11/11/2021

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Calling all engineers! Do you fancy working with the NRT team? We are looking to recruit TWO new team members to work on our unique, groundbreaking project. The jobs will be based in Liverpool but will involve working with teams across the world. The NRT project values the diversity of our all staff...

28/09/2021

Just a quick update on the volcano situation on La Palma which has been continuing now for 9 days.

Firstly we must express our sympathy to all those who have been displaced or lost their homes in the lava flow. La Palma is a small island, and many have been or will be affected by the tragedy.

We are fortunate that the region of the observatory is well away from the active lava zone, and so far has not been too badly affected by the volcanic ash that has reached large parts of the island at sea level. We are continuing to operate the telescope when the forecast weather conditions predict that there is no significant risk of ash fall at the telescope site, based on information provided by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (Toulouse) which provides this data to the airline industry. We also receive forecasts from the Spanish AEMet service via our colleagues at IAC which contribute to our decision making as well as local on-site reports from our maintenance contractor.

If there is any significant change to the situation we will let you know.

NRT is go...
02/09/2021

NRT is go...

The UK contributions to the world's largest robotic telescope can get underway thanks to £4 million funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

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