Historic houses · West Midlands
Mark II
Mark II — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Mark II is a Grade I-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Mark II is a radio telescope located at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. It was built on the site of the 218 ft (66.4 m) Transit Telescope. Construction was completed in 1964. The telescope's design was used as the basis of the 85 ft (26 m) Goonhilly 1 dish, and the Mark III telescope is also based on a similar design. The original dish surface of the telescope was more accurate than the Lovell Telescope's at the time it was made, meaning that it was better suited for observations at higher frequencies. As well as operating as a solo instrument, it has been used as an interferometer with the Lovell Telescope, which provides a 425 m (1,394 ft) baseline. It is commonly used as part of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), and for Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations.
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Background
Architecture
The telescope was designed by Charles Husband at the instigation of Bernard Lovell, with design work starting around September 1960. and the telescope was operational by the summer of 1964. The telescope was originally intended as a prototype for a larger, "Mark IV" telescope, which was never constructed. As a result, an elliptical dish was used, with a major axis of 125 ft (38.1 m) and a minor axis of 83 ft 4 in (25.4 m). The focal length is 40 ft (12.2 m). Although an elliptical dish is not the optimal surface shape for astronomical observations, it would have been necessary on a much larger telescope to reduce the telescope's height above the ground. It was the first telescope in the…
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- Coordinates
- 53.2340, -2.3039
- District
- Cheshire East
- Parish
- Goostrey
- Postcode
- SK11 9FT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Congleton
- Official site
- www.jodrellbank.net
Sources
- wikidata: Q3417035 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Mark II (radio telescope) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mark II?
- Mark II is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SK11 9FT), in the parish of Goostrey.
- Is Mark II a listed building?
- Mark II is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Mark II?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SK11 9FT. It sits within the Congleton parliamentary constituency.