Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope (The Lovell Telescope)

Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope, Cheshire, England. Photo: Smabs Sputzer

This fully steerable 76 m dish became the face of radio astronomy when inaugurated in 1957. Refurbished by Manchester University in 200-2002, the receiver 


Links: 
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/ Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
http://www.jodrellbank.net/   Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
http://www.ianridpath.com/stamps/jodrell.htm The Jodrell bank receiver on postage stamps