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Timothy Butterley

PDRA

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PDRA in the Department of Physics+44 (0) 191 33 43714

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  • Seeing and turbulence profile simulations over complex terrain at the Thai National Observatory using a chemistry-coupled regional forecasting model
    Macatangay, R., Rattanasoon, S., Butterley, T., Bran, S. H., Sonkaew, T., Sukaum, B., Sookjai, D., Panya, M., & Supasri, T. (2024). Seeing and turbulence profile simulations over complex terrain at the Thai National Observatory using a chemistry-coupled regional forecasting model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(2), 1414-1423. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae727
  • A comparison of next-generation turbulence profiling instruments at Paranal
    Griffiths, R., Bardou, L., Butterley, T., Osborn, J., Wilson, R., Bustos, E., Tokovinin, A., Le Louarn, M., & Otarola, A. (2024). A comparison of next-generation turbulence profiling instruments at Paranal. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(1), 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae434
  • SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy
    Perera, S., Wilson, R. W., Butterley, T., Osborn, J., Farley, O. J., & Laidlaw, D. J. (2023). SHIMM: a versatile seeing monitor for astronomy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 5475-5486. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad339
  • Demonstrating 24-hour continuous vertical monitoring of atmospheric optical turbulence
    Griffiths, R., Osborn, J., Farley, O., Butterley, T., Townson, M. J., & Wilson, R. (2023). Demonstrating 24-hour continuous vertical monitoring of atmospheric optical turbulence. Optics Express, 31(4), 6730-6740. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.479544
  • Gaia 18dvy: A New FUor in the Cygnus OB3 Association
    Szegedi-Elek, E., Ábrahám, P., Wyrzykowski, Ł, Kun, M., Kóspál, Á, Chen, L., Marton, G., Moór, A., Kiss, C., Pál, A., Szabados, L., Varga, J., Varga-Verebélyi, E., Andreas, C., Bachelet, E., Bischoff, R., Bódi, A., Breedt, E., Burgaz, U., … Ziółkowska, O. (2020). Gaia 18dvy: A New FUor in the Cygnus OB3 Association. Astrophysical Journal, 899(2), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aba129
  • Characterization of the ground layer of turbulence at Paranal using a robotic SLODAR system
    Butterley, T., Wilson, R., Sarazin, M., Dubbeldam, M., Osborn, J., & Clark, P. (2020). Characterization of the ground layer of turbulence at Paranal using a robotic SLODAR system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(1), 934-949. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3498
  • Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye
    Wyrzykowski, Ł, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S., Abe, L., Aldi, G., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., … Zubareva, A. (2020). Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye. Astronomy and Astrophysics., 633, Article A98. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935097
  • The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn
    Wang, L., Gies, D. R., Lester, K. V., Guo, Z., Matson, R. A., Peters, G. J., Dhillon, V. S., Butterley, T., Littlefair, S. P., Wilson, R. W., & Maxted, P. F. (2020). The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn. Astronomical Journal, 159(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab52fa
  • The Type II-plateau Supernova 2017eaw in NGC 6946 and Its Red Supergiant Progenitor
    Van Dyk, S. D., Zheng, W., Maund, J. R., Brink, T. G., Srinivasan, S., Andrews, J. E., Smith, N., Leonard, D. C., Morozova, V., Filippenko, A. V., Conner, B., Milisavljevic, D., de Jaeger, T., Long, K. S., Isaacson, H., Crossfield, I. J., Kosiarek, M. R., Howard, A. W., Fox, O. D., … Kumar, S. (2019). The Type II-plateau Supernova 2017eaw in NGC 6946 and Its Red Supergiant Progenitor. Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), Article 136. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1136
  • The PDS 110 observing campaign – photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic
    Osborn, H., Kenworthy, M., Rodriguez, J., de Mooij, E., Kennedy, G., Relles, H., Gomez, E., Hippke, M., Banfi, M., Barbieri, L., Becker, I., Benni, P., Berlind, P., Bieryla, A., Bonnoli, G., Boussier, H., Brincat, S., Briol, J., Burleigh, M., … Zhou, G. (2019). The PDS 110 observing campaign – photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(2), 1614-1625. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz283
  • Representative optical turbulence profiles for ESO Paranal by hierarchical clustering
    Farley, O., Osborn, J., Morris, T., Sarazin, M., Butterley, T., Townson, M., Jia, P., & Wilson, R. (2018). Representative optical turbulence profiles for ESO Paranal by hierarchical clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(3), 4030-4037. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2536
  • Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes
    Laidlaw, D. J., Osborn, J., Morris, T. J., Basden, A. G., Beltramo-Martin, O., Butterley, T., Gendron, E., Reeves, A. P., Rousset, G., Townson, M. J., & Wilson, R. W. (2018). Optimizing the accuracy and efficiency of optical turbulence profiling using adaptive optics telemetry for extremely large telescopes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(4), 4341-4353. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3285
  • Optical turbulence profiling with Stereo-SCIDAR for VLT and ELT
    Osborn, J., Wilson, R., Sarazin, M., Butterley, T., Chacon, A., Derie, F., Farley, O., Haubois, X., Laidlaw, D., LeLouarn, M., Masciadri, E., Milli, J., Navarrete, J., & Townson, M. (2018). Optical turbulence profiling with Stereo-SCIDAR for VLT and ELT. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478(1), 825-834. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1070
  • The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts – II. New FRB discoveries and their follow-up
    Bhandari, S., Keane, E., Barr, E., Jameson, A., Petroff, E., Johnston, S., Bailes, M., Bhat, N., Burgay, M., Burke-Spolaor, S., Caleb, M., Eatough, R., Flynn, C., Green, J., Jankowski, F., Kramer, M., Krishnan, V. V., Morello, V., Possenti, A., … Zúñiga, J. (2018). The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts – II. New FRB discoveries and their follow-up. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(2), 1427-1446. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3074
  • SS Cancri: the shortest modulation-period Blazhko RR Lyrae
    Cafolla, C., Mathew, R., Edge, A., Swinbank, A., Lansbury, G., Wilson, R., Butterley, T., Lucey, J., Hardy, L., Littlefair, S., & Dhillon, V. (2017). SS Cancri: the shortest modulation-period Blazhko RR Lyrae. Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 63, Article 6213. https://doi.org/10.22444/ibvs.6213
  • Hunting for eclipses: high-speed observations of cataclysmic variables
    Hardy, L., McAllister, M., Dhillon, V., Littlefair, S., Bours, M., Breedt, E., Butterley, T., Chakpor, A., Irawati, P., Kerry, P., Marsh, T., Parsons, S., Savoury, C., Wilson, R., & Woudt, P. (2017). Hunting for eclipses: high-speed observations of cataclysmic variables. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(4), 4968-4984. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3051
  • Flares, wind and nebulae: the 2015 December mini-outburst of V404 Cygni
    Muñoz-Darias, T., Casares, J., Mata Sánchez, D., Fender, R., Armas Padilla, M., Mooley, K., Hardy, L., Charles, P., Ponti, G., Motta, S., Dhillon, V., Gandhi, P., Jiménez-Ibarra, F., Butterley, T., Carey, S., Grainge, K., Hickish, J., Littlefair, S., Perrott, Y., … Wilson, R. (2017). Flares, wind and nebulae: the 2015 December mini-outburst of V404 Cygni. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 465(1), L124-L128. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw222