Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

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 sesuai	Mullard
Lokasi	Britania Raya
Koordinat	52°10′03″N 0°01′57″E
Model teleskop	radio astronomy observatory university observatory
Location of Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Media terkait di Wikimedia Commons

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

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

The following photographs were taken in June 2014:

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  Lecture hall and exhibition centre in the station house of Lord's Bridge Railway Station
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  Several antennas of the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array
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  The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Small Array
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  Stitched panorama of the Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope enclosure
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  Part of the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope
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  The interior of the bunker of the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope
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  The receiver from the e-MERLIN array
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  Surviving Yagi antennas of the Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope
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  Two antennas of the Half-Mile Telescope
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  Remains of the Interplanetary Scintillation Array
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  One antenna of the One-Mile Telescope (left), two of the Half-Mile Telescope (centre) and the remains of the 4C Array (right)
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  Detail of the remains of the 4C Array, with antennas of the One-Mile Telescope in the background

Referensi

• The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory webpage
• Image from Google maps showing the One-Mile, Half Mile, 4C Array, MERLIN, COAST, CAT and Ryle telescopes.
• Subterranea Britannica entry for Lord's Bridge Forward Filling Depot (also Air Ammunition Park)
• Subterranea Britannica entry for Lord's Bridge Station