Liverpool Telescope

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 telescope user interface. More details and how to apply at the link below.

New Robotic Telescope: Software Engineer (4 years fixed term) (3670) Like most websites, we use cookies to provide you with a great browsing experience. Cookies are simple text files that sit on your computer - they're safe, secure and don't contain any sensitive information - we use them to store basic information about how you use our site so that we can deliver a....

Oooh! My data used here... 😀

Most tilted black hole ever could change what we know about how they form 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.

https://www.robotictelescope.org/post/11f-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science

11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science Last Friday, 11th of February, was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This date was declared by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 with the aim of achieving full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. As the United Nations (UN) state "a significant gende...

Another Job opportunity with NRT

New Robotic Telescope: DevOps Engineer (Fixed term until 31st March 2026) (3566) Like most websites, we use cookies to provide you with a great browsing experience. Cookies are simple text files that sit on your computer - they're safe, secure and don't contain any sensitive information - we use them to store basic information about how you use our site so that we can deliver a....

A new kind of supernova...

https://telescope.livjm.ac.uk/News/

Find out how I am tracking NASA's latest telescope at it heads out into space...

https://www.robotictelescope.org/post/tracking-the-jwst

https://www.robotictelescope.org/post/nrt-project-team-submit-preliminary-design-review-document-pack

NRT Project Team Submit Preliminary Design Review Document Pack It has been a busy year for the NRT project team and 5th November 2021 saw another major milestone completed: the submission of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) document pack. This stage has consolidated all the design work to date from project partners University of Oviedo, Instituto de Astrofí...

https://www.robotictelescope.org/post/new-jobs-with-the-nrt

New Jobs with the NRT! 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...

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...

UK support for world’s largest robotic telescope 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).