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Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory

Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager.

Located at 52.1674, 0.03264 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Radio telescopes, Astronomical observatories in England, Buildings and structures in Cambridgeshire, Cavendish Laboratory

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 2 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 2 miles away.
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Cavendish Laboratory, Radio telescopes

Half-Mile Telescope

The Half-Mile Telescope was constructed in 1968 (2 aerials) at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory with two more aerials being added in 1972, using donated dishes (total cost was £70,000). Two of the dishes are fixed, while two are moveable and share the One-Mile's rail track; to obtain information from the maximum number of different baselines, 30 days of observing were required. Observing frequency 1.4 GHz (21 cm wavelength), bandwidth 4 MHz.

Located at 52.1637, 0.03548 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cavendish Laboratory, Radio telescopes, Interferometric telescopes

4C Array

The 4C Array is a cylindrical paraboloid radio telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. It is similar in design to the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope. It is 450 m long, 20 m wide, with a second, moveable element (now mostly removed; some of it is still visible, beyond COAST).

Located at 52.1641, 0.033174 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cavendish Laboratory, Radio telescopes, Interferometric telescopes, Astronomical observatories in England

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