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All Equal 134 by Peter Rea Via Flickr: The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank

Hearing everything in space!👽

Yesterday we went to Jodrell Bank! Jodrell Bank is the site that holds the 3rd largest telescope in the world- The Lovell Telescope.

Now, I think it's fair to say that it's a common misconception that when we hear the word 'telescope' we automatically presume we can see out of it.

The Lovell telescope was created by a gent named Sir Bernard Lovell in 1945. Lovell worked in the cosmic ray research department at Manchester University until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he worked for the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) developing radar systems to be installed in aircraft.

After the war, Lovell returned to manchester to further his research. He brought back with him equipment he had been working with and since it was no longer needed decided to use it to create a telescope originally named Mark 1.

However, due to the buzzing life of Manchester, the tram network interfered with the radio waves Lovell was trying to source. Shortly after Lovell and the team moved to Jodrell, where the Botomy department had some land, to avoid any type of interference.

Work began and in 1957 it was marked as the world's largest telescope. The amazing thing I found was that the Lovell Telescope is made from old battleships and general war equipment- totally recycled.

Nowadays the Lovell Telescope picks up cosmic rays which allows us to pretty much go back in time!

For instance in the 1500s there was a reporting of a super nova. The waves lasted for a few months and then appeared to have disappeared. In 1947, Lovell and the team picked up on this and were able to hear the radio waves!

It was quite nice not breaking into somewhere this weekend. My inner science nerd came out and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!

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Take the kids … to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Cheshire Jodrell Bank is famous for the monumental Lovell telescope – but alongside all the serious science there are plenty of fun activities and hands-on experiments to inspire kids

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