🔭 The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire in the north west of England. It h…
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🔭 The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire in the north west of England.
It has a 250ft (76.2m) diameter and was the largest steerable dish telescope in the world when it was commissioned in 1957. It’s now the third largest.
Originally known as the ‘250ft telescope’, it was renamed the Lovell Telescope in 1987 after Jodrell Bank director and the person who designed it – Sir Bernard Lovell.
The structure was made a Grade 1 listed building in 1988. It was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2019.
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