Cambridge Interferometer

Cambridge Interferometer

The Cambridge Interferometer was a radio telescope interferometer built by Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish in the early 1950s to the west of Cambridge (between the Grange Road football ground and the current Cavendish Laboratory). The interferometer consisted of an array of 4 fixed elements to survey the sky. It produced the two Cambridge catalogues of radio sources (the 2C catalogue of radio sources at 81.5 MHz, and the 3C catalogue of radio sources at 159 MHz, building on the work of the [http://ukads.nottingham.ac.uk/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1950MNRAS.110..508R&db_key=AST Preliminary survey of the radio stars in the Northern Hemisphere] at 45 MHz - 214 MHz using the 2-element Long Michelson Interferometer), discovering some of the most interesting astronomical objects known. The telescope was operated by the Radio Astronomy Group of Cambridge University.

Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for this and other related work.

References

*Ryle M, Hewish A. 1955. Mem. R. Astron. Soc. 67:97-105


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope — COAST, the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, is a multi element optical astronomical interferometer with baselines of up to 100 metres, which uses aperture synthesis to observe stars with angular resolution as high as one thousandth …   Wikipedia

  • Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope — 52.1639660.040544000000011 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Second Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources — Infobox Astronomical survey name = 2C caption = organization = Radio Astronomy Group, University of Cambridge alt names = wavelength = 81.5 MHz radio source = Cambridge Interferometer goals = products = 2C Catalogue website = The Second Cambridge …   Wikipedia

  • Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources — Infobox Astronomical survey name = 3C caption = organization = Radio Astronomy Group, University of Cambridge alt names = wavelength = 159 MHz radio source = Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory goals = First detailed survey of radio sources… …   Wikipedia

  • Fabry–Pérot interferometer — Étalon redirects here. For the commune in Somme, France, see Étalon, Somme. Interference fringes, showing fine structure, from a Fabry–Pérot etalon. The source is a cooled deuterium lamp. In optics, a Fabry–Pérot interferometer or etalon is typic …   Wikipedia

  • Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer — Das Magdalena Ridge Observatorium, engl. Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), ist eine Sternwarte in Socorro County, New Mexico etwa 32 Kilometer westlich der Stadt Socorro in den Magdalena Bergen nahe dem Gipfel South Baldy in einer Höhe von 3180m …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fabry-Pérot interferometer — In optics, a Fabry Pérot interferometer or etalon is typically made of a transparent plate with two reflecting surfaces, or two parallel highly reflecting mirrors. (Technically the former is an etalon and the latter is an interferometer, but the… …   Wikipedia

  • Laser Interferometer Space Antenna — For other uses of this acronym, see LISA (disambiguation). Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Artist s conception of LISA spacecraft Operator ESA, NASA Satellite of Sun The Laser Interfe …   Wikipedia

  • First Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources — Infobox Astronomical survey name = 1C caption = organization = Radio Astronomy Group, University of Cambridge alt names = wavelength = 3.7 m radio source = goals = products = 1C Catalogue in journal (MNRAS) website = The First Cambridge Catalogue …   Wikipedia

  • Long Michelson Interferometer — The Long Michelson Interferometer was a radio telescope interferometer built by Martin Ryle and co workers in the late 1940s beside the rifle range to the west of Cambridge. The interferometer consisted of 2 fixed elements 440m apart to survey… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”