

Working model of one of the three steerable paraboloidal aerials of the Cambridge University 5000 feet radio telescope. On a board 28"x18"; diameter of bowl 23". The telescope, also known as the One Mile Telescope, used Earth-rotation aperture synthesis techniques developed by Martin Ryle.
Made in 1964, this is a model of one of the three radio dishes forming the 'One Mile Telescope' (OMT). Built at Lords Bridge near Cambridge in 1964, the three dishes form a radio interferometer with a baseline of around a mile. Signals collected by the three radio telescopes are combined using a technique called aperture synthesis. This gives a radio picture of the object being observed at a resolution that is equivalent to using a radio telescope one mile in diameter. Sir Martin Ryle a pioneer of radio astronomy developed the OMT and in 1957 established radio astronomy at Cambridge University. This telescope and other instruments now form the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory at Cambridge.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1964-297
- Materials:
- electrical components, metal and textile
- type:
- radio telescopes
- taxonomy:
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- disciplines
- disciplines
- science
- natural sciences
- physical sciences
- credit:
- Babcock International Group plc
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