Jodrell Bank Observatory
24th December 2013
Jodrell Bank Observatory is part of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at Lower Withington, Cheshire.
The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the University of Manchester who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar during the Second World War.
The "Mark I" telescope, now known as the Lovell Telescope, was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world, 76.2 metres (250 ft) in diameter, when it was completed in 1957.
Jodrell Bank Observatory is part of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at Lower Withington, Cheshire.
The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the University of Manchester who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar during the Second World War.
