Dr. Christopher M. Copperwheat Profile

Dr. Christopher M. Copperwheat

Liverpool Telescope Astronomer-in-Charge at Liverpool John Moores Uniiv

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Poster + Paper

New Robotic Telescope system progress towards critical design review

David Copley, Richard Ashley, Stuart Bates, João Bento, Sebastian Buntin, Chris Copperwheat, Adam Garner, Beth Garton, David Heffernan, Helen Jermak, David Law, Adrian McGrath, Chloé Miossec, Ali Ranjbar, Robert Smith, Iain Steele, Alejandra Goded, Carlos Gutiérrez, Alberto Prieto, Marta Puga, César Quintana, Rafael Rebolo, Javier De Cos, Javier Gracia Rodriguez, César Rodríguez Pereira, Fernando Sánchez Lasheras, Fernando Abárzuza

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130943W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018999

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Design, Interfaces, Robotics, Equipment, Wavefront sensors, Cameras, Prototyping, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

From summit to screen: harnessing modern cloud technologies to construct an integrated observatory

David Heffernan, João Bento, David Copley, Helen Jermak, Chris Copperwheat, Iain Steele

Proceedings Volume 13098, 1309803 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019001

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Robotics, Databases, Clouds, Data storage, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

New Robotic Telescope optical design

Éamonn Harvey, Iain Steele, Miguel Torres, Carlos Gutiérrez de la Cruz, César Rodriguez Pereira, Doug Arnold, David Copley, Christopher Copperwheat, Marta Escriche, Maider Insausti, Helen Jermak, Adrian McGrath, Ali Ranjbar, Robert Smith

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121821Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629275

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Tolerancing, Telescopes, Optical design, Stray light analysis, Robotics, Optics manufacturing, Optical alignment

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Optimising rapid autonomous transient classifications with the New Robotic Telescope

Helen Jermak, David Law, Sebastian Buntin, Joao Bento, Carl Chalmers, Christopher Copperwheat, Iain Steele, Éamonn Harvey, Robert Smith, Pablo Rodríguez-Gil, Carlos Gutíerrez

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121824G (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629854

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Robotics, Observatories, Machine learning, Astronomy, Optical instrument design, Detection and tracking algorithms

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The New Robotic Telescope: progress report

Helen Jermak, Josué Barrera, David Copley, Chris Copperwheat, Javier De Cos Juez, Javier Gracia Rodriquez, J. J. Fernandez-Valdivia, A. Garcí a Piñero, Carlos M. Gutiérrez, Éamonn Harvey, Maider Insausti, Johan Knapen, Antonio Maudes Gutiérrez, Adrian McGrath, Asier Oria, Ali Ranjbar, Rafael Rebolo-López, Iain Steele, Miguel Torres, Dong Xu, Thirasak Panyaphirawat, Suparerk Aukkaravittayapun

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114453D (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562706

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Robotics, Astronomy, Lanthanum, Astronomical telescopes, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Astronomical imaging, Spectroscopes, Polarimetry, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

A comparison of SOFA and NOVAS astrometric software libraries

Andrzej Piascik, Christopher Copperwheat, Marco Lam, Apichat Leckngam, Apirat Prasit, Pakawat Prasit, Robert Smith, Iain Steele

Proceedings Volume 10707, 107071Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311800

KEYWORDS: Transform theory, Atmospheric corrections, Telescopes, Operating systems, Refraction, Computer programming, Humidity

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Laying the groundwork for the development of the data archive of the new robotic telescope

Marco Lam, Bovornpratch Vijarnwannaluk, Pathompong Butpan, Christopher Copperwheat, Andrzej Piascik, Utane Sawangwit, Robert Smith, Iain Steele

Proceedings Volume 10707, 1070721 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311883

KEYWORDS: Databases, Data archive systems, Telescopes, Astronomy, Spherical lenses, Robotics, Astronomical telescopes, Data storage, Prototyping, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Liverpool Telescope 2: beginning the design phase

Christopher Copperwheat, Iain Steele, Robert Barnsley, Stuart Bates, Mike Bode, Neil Clay, Chris Collins, Helen Jermak, Johan Knapen, Jon Marchant, Chris Mottram, Andrzej Piascik, Robert Smith

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99063A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231755

KEYWORDS: Space telescopes, Telescopes, Robotics, Gamma radiation, Lanthanum, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Space telescopes, Optical instrument design, Sensors, Mirrors, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Experiments with synchronized sCMOS cameras

Iain Steele, Helen Jermak, Chris Copperwheat, Robert Smith, Saran Poshyachinda, Boonrucksar Soonthorntham

Proceedings Volume 9915, 991522 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232349

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Photometry, Polarimetry, Camera shutters, Stars, Light sources, Light emitting diodes, Charge-coupled devices, Power supplies

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Liverpool Telescope 2: a new robotic facility for time domain astronomy in 2020+

C. Copperwheat, I. Steele, S. Bates, R. Smith, M. Bode, I. Baker, T. Peacocke, K. Thomson

Proceedings Volume 9145, 914511 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055527

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Robotics, Mirrors, Image segmentation, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Spectroscopy, Gamma radiation, Astronomy, Stars

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