Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array
- designer:
- Antony Hewish
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Pulsar array as originally installed. Black and white archive image
University of Cambridge, Department of Physics.
University of Cambridge, Department of Physics.
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Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Parts of the interplanetary scintillation array (also known as the 4-acre array) built at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, 1967. Designed by Antony Hewish and used by Jocelyn Bell to detect pulsars. Consists of two wooden vertical supports, one wooden cross support, and a section of copper wire and cables.
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- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 2009-43
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), wood (unidentified)
- type:
- radio telescope
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- scientific equipment
- component - object
- credit:
- University of Cambridge
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