Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array
- designer:
- Antony Hewish



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) and 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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