Liverpool Telescope

Liverpool Telescope
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
Altitude2,363 m (7,753 ft)
Diameter2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Websitetelescope.livjm.ac.uk
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The Liverpool Telescope (LT) is a two-metre-aperture 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.

The telescope had first light in 2003, and is the brainchild and property of Liverpool John Moores University.

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