RSGB Tonight@8 - The story of Jodrell Bank by Prof Ian Morison, G0DMU
Radio Society of Great Britain
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Professor Ian Morison, G0DMU will give a review of the history of Jodrell Bank, one of the world’s premier radio astronomy observatories; from its founding in 1945, the completion of the Mk I (now Lovell) radio telescope in 1957 – still the third largest fully steerable telescope in the world – and the building of the MERLIN array in the 1980s and 90s.
The MERLIN array has the same resolution as the Hubble Space Telescope and many collaborative observations have been made over the past 30 years. Its seven telescopes also link up with others across Europe to provide an instrument whose resolution far exceeds that of optical telescopes.
Some of its most exciting discoveries will be discussed in the context of how radio observations are made – many of which can complement those made by optical telescopes.
First shown on 9 May 2022
6 Comments
- What's the RMS surface accuray of the reflector - i e how high in frequency can you operate with still a narrow main lobe.
- The dish seems to be a Cassegrain configuration meaning that all feed horns and receivers are conviniently positioned behind the vertex. Right?
- Perhaps not Cassegain? Prof Ian mentioned a receiver placed at the feed point. Right?
- Any problems with side lobes picking up ground noise? Any RFI?
Oscar/SM4CHK
RSGB Tonight@8 - The story of Jodrell Bank by Prof Ian Morison, G0DMU
Radio Society of Great Britain
1,830 views
Professor Ian Morison, G0DMU will give a review of the history of Jodrell Bank, one of the world’s premier radio astronomy observatories; from its founding in 1945, the completion of the Mk I (now Lovell) radio telescope in 1957 – still the third largest fully steerable telescope in the world – and the building of the MERLIN array in the 1980s and 90s.
The MERLIN array has the same resolution as the Hubble Space Telescope and many collaborative observations have been made over the past 30 years. Its seven telescopes also link up with others across Europe to provide an instrument whose resolution far exceeds that of optical telescopes.
Some of its most exciting discoveries will be discussed in the context of how radio observations are made – many of which can complement those made by optical telescopes.
First shown on 9 May 2022