Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

observatorium di Britania Raya


Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) adalah rumah bagi sejumlah besar teleskop radio sintesis aperture, termasuk One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, dan Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Radio interferometri dimulai pada pertengahan 1940-an di pinggiran Cambridge, tetapi dengan dana dari Dewan Penelitian Ilmu Pengetahuan dan sumbangan sebesar £ 100.000 dari Mullard Limited, pembangunan Observatorium Mullard Radio Astronomy dimulai di Lord's Bridge, beberapa kilometer ke barat dari Cambridge. Observatorium ini didirikan di bawah Martin Ryle dari Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge dan dibuka oleh Sir Edward Victor Appleton pada tanggal 25 Juli 1957. Kelompok ini sekarang dikenal sebagai Cavendish Astrophysics Group.

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Dinamakan sesuaiMullard Sunting ini di Wikidata
LokasiBritania Raya Sunting ini di Wikidata
Koordinat52°10′03″N 0°01′57″E / 52.1674°N 0.0326°E / 52.1674; 0.0326 Sunting ini di Wikidata
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Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory di Britania Raya
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Location of Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Situs ini terletak di Lord's Bridge, Cambridgeshire pada bekas fasilitas penyimpanan persenjataan, sebelah jalur kereta api Cambridge-Bedford. Digunakan untuk membentuk bagian utama dari "5km" radio-teleskop dan Cambridge Low Frequency Telescope Sintesis.

Teleskop

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Telescope Year built Status
Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array 2007 Active
Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Small Array 2004 Active
Very Small Array (moved to Tenerife in 1999) 1998 Active
Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope made first high-resolution maps of Cosmic Microwave Background fluctuations 1995 Decommissioned
Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST) first aperture synthesis at optical wavelengths 1993 Operated on clear nights
One receiver from the e-MERLIN array 1990 Active
Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope (CLFST) 1980 Decommissioned
Ryle Telescope (formerly 5-Kilometre Telescope) 1971 Decommissioned
(repurposed for AMI LA in 2006)
Half-Mile Telescope 1968 Decommissioned
Interplanetary Scintillation Array discovered first pulsar 1967 Decommissioned
One-Mile Telescope 1964 Decommissioned
4C Array, first telescope at the Cambridge's new observatory, used to make the 4C catalogue 1958 Decommissioned

Galeri

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The following photographs were taken in June 2014:

Referensi

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