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Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope

COAST, the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, is a multi-element optical astronomical interferometer with baselines of up to 100 metres, which uses aperture synthesis to observe stars with angular resolution as high as one thousandth of one arcsecond (producing images with much higher resolution than can be obtained using individual telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope). The principal limitation is that COAST can only image bright stars.

Located at 52.164, 0.0405 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Telescopes, Interferometric telescopes, Cavendish Laboratory

Arcminute Microkelvin Imager

The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) consists of a pair of interferometric radio telescopes - the Small and Large Arrays - located at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge. AMI was designed, built and is operated by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group. AMI was designed, primarily, for the study of galaxy clusters by observing secondary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) arising from the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect.

Located at 52.1698, 0.059167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cosmic microwave background experiments, Cavendish Laboratory, Interferometric telescopes

Ryle Telescope

The Ryle Telescope (named after Martin Ryle, and formerly the 5-km Array) was a linear east-west radio telescope array at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 2004 three of the telescopes were moved to create a compact two-dimensional array of telescopes at the east end of the interferometer. The remaining five antennas were switched off on 19 June 2006. The eight antennas have now become the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array.

Located at 52.1698, 0.0594 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Radio telescopes, Cavendish Laboratory, Interferometric telescopes

One-Mile Telescope

The One-Mile Telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is an array of radio telescopes (2 fixed and 1 moveable, fully steerable 60-ft-diameter parabolic reflectors operating simultaneously at 1407 MHz and 408 MHz) designed to perform aperture synthesis interferometry.

Located at 52.1636, 0.0371 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Radio telescopes, Cavendish Laboratory, Interferometric telescopes

Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope

The Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope (CLFST) is an east-west aperture synthesis radio telescope currently operating at 151 MHz. It consists of 60 tracking yagis on a 4.6 km baseline, giving 776 simultaneous baselines. These provide a resolution of 70×70 cosec(declination) arcsec, with a sensitivity of about 30 to 50 mJy/beam, and a field of view of about 9°×9°. The telescope is situated at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Located at 52.1704, 0.0426 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Radio telescopes, Interferometric telescopes, Cavendish Laboratory

Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope

The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope (CAT) was a three-element interferometer for cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB/R) observations at 13 to 17 GHz, based at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 1995, it was the first instrument to measure small-scale structure in the cosmic microwave background. When the more sensitive Very Small Array came online, the CAT telescope was decommissioned in a ceremonial bonfire.

Located at 52.166, 0.034 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cavendish Laboratory, Radio telescopes, Interferometric telescopes, Cosmic microwave background experiments

Interplanetary Scintillation Array

The Interplanetary Scintillation Array (IPS Array or Pulsar Array) was built at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory in 1967 and originally covered four acres (16,000 m²). It was extended in 1978 to nine, and re-furbished in 1989. It operates at 81.5 MHz (3.7 m wavelength), and is made up of 4096 dipoles in a phased array. 14 beams can map the northern sky in one day. Sheep are used to keep grass away from the aerials as a lawnmower would not fit.

Located at 52.17, 0.04333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cavendish Laboratory, Radio telescopes

Lord's Bridge railway station

Lord's Bridge was a railway station on the Varsity Line which ran between Oxford and Cambridge. Situated in the north of the parish of Harlton on the western outskirts of Cambridge, it was the penultimate station before the line's eastern terminus at Cambridge. The station opened in 1862 and closed more than a century later in 1968. It is now the home to the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory's rail-mounted radio-telescopes.

Located at 52.1706, 0.0389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Cambridgeshire, Former London and North Western Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1862, Railway stations closed in 1968