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12 August 2019	Scheduled downtime: Realuminising in September
8 August 2019	OPTICON Call for Proposals for Semester 2020A
20 May 2019	The Death Throes of a Stripped Massive Star
2 May 2019	15th Anniversary Celebration
1 March 2019	NRT science session at NAM2019
28 February 2019	New Robotic Telescope website launched
28 February 2019	Semester 2019B PATT & JMU Call for Proposals
7 February 2019	Quicklook upgrade
5 February 2019	First observations in mid-infrared
4 February 2019	OPTICON Call for Proposals for Semester 2019B
9 January 2019	LT helps discover huge nova "super-remnant" in another galaxy
10 September 2018	PATT & JMU TAC Semester 2019A Calls for Proposals
21 August 2018	IO:I offline for maintenance
16 August 2018	Liverpool Telescope helps find source of high energy neutrinos
02 August 2018	OPTICON Call for Proposals for Semester 2019A
25 June 2018	Three Job Vacancies for New Robotic Telescope
26 April 2018	Exploring new astronomical database technologies — a collaborative workshop between LJMU and Thailand
09 April 2018	Job Vacancy: Astronomical Instrument Developer — 1 year fixed term
19 March 2018	Semester 2018B Calls for Proposals
05 March 2018	Storm aftermath update
02 March 2018	Ice & stormy conditions update
26 February 2018	Icy conditions continue — update
21 February 2018	Icy conditions continue
13 February 2018	OPTICON Call for Proposals for Semester 2018B
13 February 2018	Ice and snow finally clearing at ORM
05 February 2018	CCI International Time Programme 2018-2019 Call for Proposals
25 January 2018	New Robotic Telescope workshop held in Liverpool
10 November 2017	Interstellar visitor tracked with LT
09 October 2017	Job Opportunities within LT Group for New Robotic Telescope
04 October 2017	Liverpool Telescope project shortlisted for Research Project of the Year
04 September 2017	Liverpool Telescope Calls for Proposals for Semester 2018A
15 August 2017	OPTICON Call for Proposals for Semester 2018A
27 July 2017	LT at June 2017 Cosford Air Show
26 July 2017	Spectacular pictures added to LT Picture Gallery
11 July 2017	New filter for RISE
05 July 2017	Quicker Daily Data Flow and Weekend Data Releases
01 June 2017	LT & NSO at 2017 RAF Cosford Airshow
24 May 2017	Liverpool Telescope group begins collaboration with National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
26 April 2017	Photography as art in LJMU online feature
11 April 2017	SPRAT pipeline upgrade
8 March 2017	Liverpool Telescope calls for proposals
22 February 2017	Liverpool Telescope at the forefront of the search for other Earths
10 February 2017	Scientific Software Developer (two posts) — fixed term
11 November 2016	Job vacancy for Instrument Scientist
18 October 2016	LT tracks rare microlensed quasar
10 October 2016	Liverpool Telescope seeking new members for user group committee
24 September 2016	Iridis: Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016
23 September 2016	LT's involvement in the GAIA mission
1 September 2016	Call for LT applications semester 17A. PATT,JMU,CAT
5 August 2016	LT adds spectroscopy to its automatic rapid-response capabilities
20 June 2016	Liverpool Telescope Involved in Gravitational Wave Followup Campaign
19 May 2016	Upcoming LT Sessions at this Summer's Astronomy Conferences
7 April 2016	Memorandum Of Understanding signed for development of new 4-metre class telescope
30 March 2016	Gravitational wave science used to search for catastrophic explosion
29 March 2016	LT's polarimetry helps disentangle the cause of double-peaked optical outbursts
29 March 2016	LT in "holiday snap" from space
7 March 2016	Recent telescope and instrument upgrades for 2016B
7 March 2016	Call for proposals for CAT semester 2016B
4 March 2016	Call for proposals for PATT semester 2016B
4 March 2016	Call for proposals for JMU semester 2016B
25 February 2016	Call for proposals for OPTICON semester 16B
26 January 2016	CCI Call For Proposals
7 December 2015	High-resolution spectrograph FRODOSpec receives upgrade
18 September 2015	LT Public Data Archive Exceeds Two Million Files
5 August 2015	LT maintenance: mirrors realuminised and throughput doubled
5 May 2015	When stars collide: LJMU team identifies rare luminous red nova in Andromeda
27 March 2015	The LT draws in the crowds at StarGazing Live 2015
10 March 2015	Time domain astronomy at NAM-2015
13 February 2015	Robotic telescopes and instrumentation for time domain astronomy
18 November 2014	Black hole caught having a snack
16 October 2014	Rapid SPRAT confirmation of a Gaia transient: its a dwarf nova!
14 October 2014	LT discovers the sixth eruption of a remarkable Recurrent Nova in M31
5 September 2014	LJMU scientists announce the arrival of SPRAT, an exciting new instrument on the Liverpool Telescope
15 August 2014	RAS specialist discussion meeting on time domain astronomy with LT and LT2
6 August 2014	Research Council confirms future Liverpool Telescope Operations funding
17 Jun 2014	Rapid-response monitoring of a "nearby monster"
9 May 2014	Bumps, Burps and Bangs hit this year's National Astronomy Meeting in Portsmouth
8 May 2014	LT used to follow the brightest supernovae
28 January 2014	LT used to monitor a remarkable recurrent nova in M31
20 January 2014	Black Hole discovered orbiting a Spinning Star
13 January 2014	LT's GAIA tracking featured on the BBC's Northwest Tonight news show
12 December 2013	RINGO2 used to probe early evolution of Gamma Ray Bursts
11 December 2013	Comet chasing with the BBC
19 August 2013	LT spectra confirm the nature of the naked-eye brightness Nova Delphini 2013
26 July 2013	Liverpool Telescope celebrates 10 years at the forefront of Time Domain Astronomy
8 July 2013	Liverpool Telescope plans double-sized successor
16 May 2013	Reactive Time Proposals now being accepted from Spanish PIs
19 April 2013	LT Session schedule of talks and posters at NAM 2013
10 April 2013	Comet team use LT to monitor "Comet of the Century" ISON
7 March 2013	LT session at this year's National Astronomy Meeting
26 February 2013	Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 Tracked with Liverpool Telescope
14 February 2013	2012 a Productive Year for the Liverpool Telescope
6 December 2012	The LT prepares for Gaia support duties
19 September 2012	JMU Call for Proposals for Semester 2013A
17 September 2012	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2013A
15 May 2012	New LT Support Building Opened by LJMU Vice Chancellor
2 May 2012	Black Hole Observed Devouring Star
29 March 2012	Job Opportunities within the LT Group
15 March 2012	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2012B
14 March 2012	Internal JMU TAG Call for Proposals for Semester 2012B
10 February 2012	OPTICON Call For Proposals for Semester 2012B
12 January 2012	Liverpool Telescope First to Map Violent Heart of Distant Galaxy
30 November 2011	Liverpool Telescope Reveals Supernova Associated With New Type of Gamma-Ray Burst
14 October 2011	Draconid fireball & ionisation train caught by SkycamT
9 September 2011	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2012A.
26 August 2011	LT's Rapid Response Capability Grabs Possibly Earliest Spectra of Type 1a Supernova
25 August 2011	OPTICON Call For Proposals for Semester 2012A
29 July 2011	Easy multiple target entry with Phase 2 User Interface
13 July 2011	Neptune one year on
2 July 2011	Liverpool Telescope challenges galaxy formation theory
13 June 2011	Semester 2011B Allocations Released
26 May 2011	LT Helps Discover Eclipsing White Dwarf Binary Pair
19 May 2011	Data Archive Offline for Maintenance Today
21 March 2011	Internal JMU TAG Call for proposals for the Liverpool Telescope, Semester 2011B
16 March 2011	Información del Telescopio de Liverpool Relevante al Semester 2011B / CAT Call for Proposals for Semester 2011B
10 March 2011	Group Cloning with Phase 2 User Interface
23 February 2011	PATT TAC Call for Proposals for semester 2011B
14 December 2010	Semester 11A Time Allocations Released
9 September 2010	Internal JMU TAG Call for Proposals for Semester 2011A
9 September 2010	Scheduled Maintenance & Downtime in September
2 September 2010	"Reactive" Proposal Process
19 August 2010	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2011A
17 August 2010	LT website back up after net attacks
02 August 2010	SupIRCam availability in Semester 10B and beyond
21 July 2010	Data Archive Offline for Maintenance
25 May 2010	Violent helium flares observed with LT
13 May 2010	Dr Chris Moss
18 March 2010	Internal JMU TAG Call for 2010B Proposals
11 March 2010	LT featured on BBC TV
10 March 2010	LT offline 15th March for scheduled maintenance
3 March 2010	PATT issue Call for Proposals for 2010B
15 February 2010	CAT Issue Call for Proposals for 2010B
28 January 2010	OPTICON-supported Observing time in 2010B
9 December 2009	LT Detects 10% Optical Polarisation in Gamma-Ray Burst
7 September 2009	Internal JMU TAG Call for 2010A Proposals
7 September 2009	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2010A
17 July 2009	1° FOV Skycam "Z" installed; images LCROSS
15 May 2009	Planck and Herschel imaged by LT
16 April 2009	"Skycam" wide-field sky cameras online
8 April 2009	FRODOspec First Light
17 March 2009	Internal JMU TAG Call for 2009B Proposals CAT Call For Proposals - Semester 2009B
2 March 2009	PATT Call for Proposals for Semester 2009B
3 November 2008	Imaging Instrument Upgrade Plan: "IO"
11 September 2008	LT Helps Astronomers Analyse Brightest GRB Ever Seen
2 September 2008	Internal JMU TAC Call for 2009A Proposals
2 September 2008	PATT TAG Call for 2009A Proposals
1 August 2008	Fifth Anniversary of First Light
20 June 2008	Meaburn Spectrograph joins SWIFT to monitor nova
2 April 2008	Earth-like Planet Detector "RISE" Installed
31 March 2008	CAT Call For Proposals - Semester 2008B
19 March 2008	JMU Call for Proposals - Semester 2008B
18 March 2008	NSO Nominated for "Space Oscar"
6 March 2008	PATT Call For Proposals - Semester 2008B
20 February 2008	Jupiter/Saturn Analogue Found
30 January 2008	CCI Call For Proposals
18 December 2007	Public Data Release
5 December 2007	RINGO Wins Times Higher Education Supplement "Research Project of the Year" Award
25 October 2007	RINGO Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Supplement Award
24 October 2007	JMU TAG Call For Proposals for semester 2008A
19 September 2007	LT back online after scheduled maintenance
10 September 2007	PATT 2008A Call For Proposals
4 September 2007	Data reduction complete
1 September 2007	LT offline for scheduled maintenance
30 August 2007	Data reduction resumed
10 August 2007	No reduced data for two weeks
14 June 2007	Double Supernova Studied with LT
3 May 2007	New LT Upgrades
5 April 2007	LT UGM at NAM 2007
28 March 2007	Ice Cleared; May Observe Tonight
16 March 2007	LT Unravels Mystery of Cosmic Blasts
7 March 2007	LT Helps Detect YORP Effect on Near-Earth Asteroid
5 March 2007	PATT 2007B Call for Proposals
12 February 2007	Announcement of Opportunity for CCI International Time
5 October 2006	JMU Semester 2007A Call for Proposals
29 Sep 2006	Extension of PATT deadline
30 Aug 2006	PATT semester 2007A call for proposals
11 July 2006	Quicklook data & NEO tracking
21 June 2006	LT back online
20 June 2006	PATT 2006B allocations, & change to ranking scheme
6 June 2006	LT offline for ~1 week for scheduled engineering work
15 May 2006	LT represented at SPIE 2006
26 April 2006	Call for 06B JMU proposals
3 April 2006	LT at NAM 2006
7 March 2006	RINGO operational & astigmatism problem resolved
2 March 2006	Semester 06B call for proposals
24 January 2006	Semester 06A time allocations released
6 December 2005	Liverpool John Moores University awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize
25 November 2005	SupIRCam offline two new instruments see first light
26 October 2005	Astigmatism problems in LT optics
10 October 2005	LT back online
30 September 2005	LT back online soon
16 September 2005	LT down for three weeks' maintenance
14 September 2005	Downtime schedule brought further forward
12 September 2005	Downtime schedule brought forward PATT 2006A proposal deadline approaching Fire out
8 September 2005	Fire offsite still burning; no observing yet
7 September 2005	Brush fires out, LT unscathed
6 September 2005	Brush fire on mountaintop Downtime scheduled 18 September
31 August 2005	Semester 2006A PATT proposals New PATT proposal expiry policy
16 July 2005	SupIRCam available JMU TAG applications Data Archive
30 June 2005	Introducing the LT Support Astronomer Changes to Phase 2 submission rules
20 May 2005	Liverpool Telescope nails exploding star Busy week for National Schools' Observatory Live Data page online
13 May 2005	Oil pump motor replaced - operations resumed
8 May 2005	Oil pump problems - operations resumed
6 May 2005	Oil pump problems - operations suspended
21 April 2005	LT back on-line
19 April 2005	LT temporarily off-line
8 April 2005	New Archive Tool: "My Liverpool Telescope"
9 March 2005	Weather cleared; imminent return to operations
22 February 2005	Contact restored with LT
15 February 2005	Big cleanup on schedule
14 February 2005	Severe weather halts observing, mountaintop evacuated
13 February 2005	Additions to website
8 October 2004	LT catches its first Gamma Ray Burst
9 September 2004	LT featured on BBC's "Sky At Night" programme
5 August 2004	Enclosure upgrade completed successfully
15 June 2004	LT closed for enclosure upgrade
27 April 2004	LT goes robotic
19 March 2004	LT images NEO 2004FH