NRT carnival celebrations!
Every year the Santa Cruz de Tenerife carnival brings music, dance, colour and joy to the island and reminds us that not everything is...
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- Mar 21
Key project milestone: fold system review complete!
Overview: critical design review It was an exciting end to the year for NRT as the project team passed an important design milestone; the...
- Nov 7, 2022
Our Place in Space
Throughout October and November, Liverpool has been the host of the Our Place in Space scale Solar System. The 8.1 km scale model of the...
- Oct 27, 2022
NRT staff visit La Palma
In September, two members of Liverpool's NRT team boarded a flight to La Palma to meet with colleagues from IAC on the mountain. This was...
- Sep 13, 2022
NRT DevOps meets SKA DevOps
Following some excellent discussions during the SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation conference in Montréal earlier in July, the NRT DevOps...
- Sep 6, 2022
The Earth a jewel in an explosive Universe!
In Tenerife this summer around 120 students from the Ernesto Castro Fariña school, which specialises in education for students with...
- Aug 16, 2022
NRT Summer Conferences
The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) team were fortunate enough to visit two major astronomy conferences this summer. With presentations and...
- Jun 23, 2022
NRT Software team meeting
Earlier this month the Software Engineering Team gathered for a three day working meeting at the Institute of Astrophysics of Canary...
- Jun 3, 2022
NRT at a Science Fair in Gran Canaria
NRT staff from IAC were pleased to be present at the "Cuanto Talento" science fair in Gran Canaria on the 20th and 21st May. The best...
- Apr 29, 2022
Technical visit to Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM)
This month the NRT staff of the Institute of Astrophysics of Canary Islands (IAC) went to Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) in La...
- Apr 25, 2022
First piece of NRT hardware!
This month we reached a significant project milestone with one small step: the first part of the NRT arrived in our offices in Liverpool!...
- Apr 21, 2022
Collaborative visit from Director of Iranian National Observatory
The NRT project benefits from a wealth of existing knowledge from telescope projects such as the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the...
- Mar 18, 2022
My Whole Self Day
Today is “My Whole Self” day (MHSD; created by Mental Health First Aid England), a day that reminds us that we shouldn’t have to hide...
- Feb 18, 2022
11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Last Friday, 11th of February, was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This date was declared by the United Nations...
- Feb 11, 2022
Mentoring
It's the International Day of Women and Girls in Science; a day designed to showcase women in science and inspire future scientists in...
- Feb 9, 2022
NRT Science Meeting
The NRT team are pleased to announce an upcoming online science collaboration meeting: The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) will be the...
- Jan 13, 2022
The NRT top 5 for 2021
Happy New Year from the NRT team! Globally this year has been quite a whirlwind for many reasons, but arguably for the NRT it has been...
- Dec 31, 2021
Tracking the JWST
The NRT's design, operations model and science case are closely linked to the Liverpool Telescope (LT). The Liverpool Telescope monitors...
- Dec 20, 2021
Spanish Science and Innovation Minister visits NRT stand
The Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, presided over the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the Instituto...
- Dec 17, 2021
NRT Preliminary Design Review Panel Session
Following the submission of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) document pack to the panel of experts on the 5th of November, the NRT...
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