Jodrell Bank Observatory
Cheshire England
Pictures of the Lovell Radio Telescope
Here are some photos of a beast of a technological machine, the
Lovell Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire. If you like
astronomy, science or big things it certainly is worth a visit.
A radio telescope that scans the universe
for radio signals, developed from radar technology during the World
II.
It was renamed to the Lovell Telescope in
1987 after Sir Bernard Lovell who is the driving force behind it's
construction and research efforts.
It is a major discoverer of pulsars and tracked the Sputnik the
first human satellite launched by the Russians in 1957. It was also
used to track the race to the moon by both the Americans and the
Russians in the 1960's. This facility is also run by the astronomical research centre of the University of Manchester
In the centre of the main disk is an enormous
focal tower that receives radio signals form deep space
We actually saw the whole structure moving, quietly whirring away to
discover it's next destination in the cosmos.
The radio telescope looks up into the heavens. We
know nothing at all about radio astronomy so if anyone can enlighten
us more in simple terms it would be very much appreciated..
The pictures on this page can be used under
Creative Commons but may not be altered or used for commercial
reasons.
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Saturday, August 04, 2012
Jodrell Bank Observatory : Gateway to the stars
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