Coolness Page: Astronomy: Jodrell Bank Observatory

This page is about one of the most impressive Radio Telescope
Observatories in the world, the worlds' first giant radio telescope,
which is used in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence...

see also the Coolness Pages about the VLA in New Mexico,
about the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico,
about Parkes observatory in Australia and about Seti...
or go back to the Coolness Page...

the Lovell radio telescope in Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England

The radio telescope in Jodrell Bank, first ran in 1957. It was called the Mark 1.
After vast improvements in 1969 to 1971 it was renamed Mark IA. In 1987, the
Mark IA was renamed the Lovell Telescope in honor of its creator.
It has a dish of 76 meters in diameter and weighs 3200 tons.
It is situated near the University of Manchester's botanical station at a
little known place called Jodrell Bank, 20 miles south of Manchester.
Latitude = 53° 14' 13.2" north, longitude = 0° 09' 14.04" east.

The Mark 1 telescope

Enjoy some pictures of the Lovell radio telescope...

More information on the Jodrell Bank Observatory homepage
and at the SETI research page at Jodrell Bank Observatory

see also the Coolness Pages about the VLA in New Mexico,
about the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico,
about Parkes observatory in Australia and about Seti...
or go back to the Coolness Page...