STFC: Liverpool telescope time - PATT and JMU time

14/03/2024

12/04/2024

The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites proposals for the panel for the allocation of telescope time (PATT) and John Moores University (JMU) research time at the Liverpool telescope. This enables researchers to access the Liverpool telescope, a 2.0-metre fully robotic facility sited at Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos, Canary Islands. The following instruments are available: IO:O – IO:O is the primary imaging CCD camera available this semester. IO:O has a field-of-view of 10 arcmin, Sloan u’g’r’i’z’ filters, Bessell B and V filters, a rest wavelength Hα filter and four red-shifted Hα filters. SPRAT – SPRAT provides high-throughput, low-resolution (R=350), long-slit optical spectroscopy at the LT. The slit width is ~1.5 arcsec. A single spectrum spanning roughly 400-800 nm is obtained, optimized for improved sensitivity in either the red and blue portion of the spectrum by tilting the grism assembly. RISE – RISE is a fast-readout frame-transfer CCD optical imager and provides a cycle time of less than 1 second. RISE is offered with a fixed ‘V+R’ filter, and uses re-imaging optics giving a 7x7 arcmin field-of-view. MOPTOP – MOPTOP is the fourth-generation fast polarimeter for the LT and is offered with 5 filter options: see the instrument webpage for transmission curves. LIRIC - LIRIC is the new infrared imaging camera for the LT, replacing the now-decommissioned IO:I camera.

Universe Sciences

Eligibility Note PATT accepts proposals from Principal Investigators (PIs) based in the UK (Employees of Liverpool John Moores University should usually apply through the internal LJMU call). Spanish PIs should apply for LT time through the Comision de Asignacion de Tiempos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Some non-UK and non-Spanish PIs are eligible to apply through the OPTICON Trans-national Access programme, or through the International Scientific Committee (CCI). Non-UK PIs who are not eligible for CAT, OPTICON or CCI time may apply through PATT.