Liverpool Telescope

Liverpool Telescope
Part ofRoque de los Muchachos Observatory Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)Garafía, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Coordinates28°45′44″N 17°52′45″W / 28.76234°N 17.87925°W / 28.76234; -17.87925 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationLiverpool John Moores University Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory code J13 Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude2,363 m (7,753 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleRitchey–Chrétien telescope
robotic telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter2 m (6 ft 7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitetelescope.livjm.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Liverpool Telescope is located in Canary Islands
Liverpool 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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  1. ^ "Liverpool Telescope – Robotic Systems". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. ^ Leverington, David (2017). Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521899932.