Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Radio interferometry started in the mid 1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with funding from the Science Research Council and a donation of £100,000 from Mullard Limited, construction of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory commenced at Lord's Bridge, a few kilometres to the west of Cambridge. The observatory was founded under Martin Ryle of the Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. This group is now known as the Cavendish Astrophysics Group.

Telescopes at the observatory

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Arcminute Microkelvin Imager short baseline array200424 hour operation

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Arcminute Microkelvin Imager - 2004

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Very Small Array (moved to Tenerife in 1999)199824 hour operation

Related Topics:
Very Small Array - Tenerife - 1999 - 1998

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Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope made first high-resolution maps of Cosmic Microwave Background fluctuations1995Decomissioned

Related Topics:
Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope - Cosmic Microwave Background - 1995

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Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST) first aperture synthesis at optical wavelengths1993Operated on clear nights

Related Topics:
Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope (COAST) - Aperture synthesis - Optical - 1993

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One receiver from the MERLIN array199024 hour operation

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MERLIN - 1990

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Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope (CLFST)198024 hour operation

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Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope - 1980

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Ryle Telescope (formerly 5 Kilometre Telescope, also known as the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager long baseline array)

Related Topics:
Ryle Telescope - Arcminute Microkelvin Imager

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197124 hour operation

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Half-Mile Telescope1968Decomissioned

Related Topics:
Half-Mile Telescope - 1968

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Interplanetary Scintillation Array discovered first pulsar1967Essentially retired

Related Topics:
Interplanetary Scintillation Array - 1967

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One-Mile Telescope1964

Related Topics:
One-Mile Telescope - 1964

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Decomissioned except for one dish used by undergraduates and amateur astronomers

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4C Array, first telescope at the Cambridge's new observatory, made the 4C catalogue1958Decomissioned

Related Topics:
4C Array - 4C - 1958

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