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| Part of | Roque de los Muchachos Observatory  |
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| Location(s) | Garafía, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Coordinates | 28°45′44″N 17°52′45″W / 28.76234°N 17.87925°W |
| Organization | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Observatory code | J13 |
| Altitude | 2,363 m (7,753 ft) |
| Telescope style | Ritchey–Chrétien telescope robotic telescope |
| Diameter | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Website | telescope |
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The Liverpool Telescope (LT) is a two-metre-aperture[a] robotic Ritchey–Chrétien telescope that observes autonomously (without human intervention). However professional astronomers, school groups and other credible registered users submit specifications to be considered by its robotic control system (RCS) at any time using an online graphical user interface. Each night the RCS decides among these choices, and among any notified or glimpsed transient events, what to observe, based on target visibility and weather conditions.[1]
The telescope had first light in 2003,[2] and is the brainchild and property of Liverpool John Moores University.
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- ^ "Liverpool Telescope – Robotic Systems". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ Leverington, David (2017). Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521899932.