Radio_telescopes Radio_telescopes The 'One-Mile Telescope' at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) was completed by the Radio Astronomy Group of Cambridge University in 1964. It is an array of radio telescopes (2 fixed and 1 moveable, fully steerable 60-ft-diameter paraboloids operating simultaneously at 1420 and 408 MHz) designed to perform aperture synthesis interferometry. The telescope was used to produce the 5C catalogue of radio sources. Observations with larger incremental spacings were used to observe individual radio sources with unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution, and image quality. These surveys required intensive use of inverse Fourier Transforms, and were made possible by development of a new generation of computers such as the Titan. ...more on Wikipedia about "One-Mile Telescope"
The Ryle Telescope (also known as the '5 km telescope') was a linear East-West radio telescope array at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 2004 three of the telescopes were moved, creating a compact two-dimensional array of telescopes at the East end of the interferometer. This cluster of telescopes is now operated as the long baseline array of the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. The telescope is named after Martin Ryle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ryle Telescope"
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovic Array (SZA) in California is surveying the Cosmic Microwave Background to find clusters of galaxies. It has a similar design and similar astronomical goals to the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Observations commenced at the Sunyaev-Zel'dovic Array in April 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array"
The Very Small Array is a 14-element interferometer perched at an elevation of 3000 metres at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife. It is used to study the cosmic microwave background. The array was built at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and Jodrell Bank. ...more on Wikipedia about "Very Small Array"
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