The Liverpool telescope: Performance and first results

被引：395

作者：

Steele, IA ^{[1
]}

Smith, RJ ^{[1
]}

Rees, PC ^{[1
]}

Baker, IP ^{[1
]}

Bates, SD ^{[1
]}

Bode, MF ^{[1
]}

Bowman, MK ^{[1
]}

Carter, D ^{[1
]}

Etherton, J ^{[1
]}

Ford, MJ ^{[1
]}

Fraser, SN ^{[1
]}

Gomboc, A ^{[1
]}

Lett, RDJ ^{[1
]}

Mansfield, AG ^{[1
]}

Marchant, JM ^{[1
]}

Medrano-Cerda, GA ^{[1
]}

Mottram, CJ ^{[1
]}

Raback, D ^{[1
]}

Scott, AB ^{[1
]}

Tomlinson, MD ^{[1
]}

Zamanov, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Liverpool JMU, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, Merseyside, England

来源：

GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES, PTS 1 AND 2 | 2004年 / 5489卷

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D O I：

10.1117/12.551456

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Liverpool Telescope is a 2.0 metre robotic telescope that is operating unattended at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos, Spain. This paper gives an overview of the design and implementation of the telescope and its instrumentation and presents a snapshot of the current performance during the commissioning process. Science observations are under way, and we give brief highlights from a number of programmes that have been enabled by the robotic nature of the telescope.

引用

页码：679 / 692

页数：14

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