Lovell Telescope

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astronomical observatory instrument parabolic antenna radio telescope

The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.

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Lovell Telescope canonical 4
Mark I Telescope 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ
parabolic antenna ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ
associatedWith Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Square Kilometre Array pathfinder work ⓘ
azimuthRange 360 degrees ⓘ
completionDate 1957 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1952 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designType fully steerable radio telescope ⓘ
diameter 76.2 metres ⓘ
dishDiameter 76.2 metres ⓘ
elevationRange from 7 degrees to 90 degrees ⓘ
formerName Lovell Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mark I Telescope
hasCoordinateSystem equatorial mount (alt-az drive with equatorial tracking) ⓘ
height about 89 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1988 ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade I listed structure ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1957 ⓘ
locatedIn Cheshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mass about 3200 tonnes ⓘ
namedAfter Sir Bernard Lovell ⓘ
surface form: Bernard Lovell
notableFor early tracking of artificial satellites ⓘ
pioneering role in radio astronomy ⓘ
pioneering role in space tracking ⓘ
tracking of Sputnik 1 ⓘ
tracking of interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ
operator University of Manchester ⓘ
ownedBy University of Manchester ⓘ
partOf European VLBI Network ⓘ
e-MERLIN network ⓘ
surface form: e-MERLIN array
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Jodrell Bank Observatory World Heritage Site
upgradedIn 1970s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
usedFor SETI experiments ⓘ
cosmology research ⓘ
pulsar observations ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
space tracking ⓘ
very long baseline interferometry ⓘ
wavelengthRange radio wavelengths ⓘ

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Sir Bernard Lovell → notableWork → Lovell Telescope ⓘ
Jodrell Bank Observatory → hasPart → Lovell Telescope ⓘ
Jodrell Bank Observatory → knownFor → Lovell Telescope ⓘ
Jodrell Bank Observatory → notableTelescope → Lovell Telescope ⓘ
Lovell Telescope → formerName → Lovell Telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mark I Telescope