One-Mile Telescope
The One-Mile Telescope at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, UK is an array of radio telescopes designed to perform aperture synthesis interferometry.Photo: Rror, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: British array of radio telescopes
- Also known as: “MRAO One-Mile Telescope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory and Arcminute Microkelvin Imager.
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
University
Photo: Rror, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is located near Cambridge, UK and is home to a number of the largest and most advanced aperture synthesis radio telescopes in the world, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is situated 1,500 feet northeast of One-Mile Telescope.
Arcminute Microkelvin Imager
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager consists of a pair of interferometric radio telescopes - the Small and Large Arrays - located at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge. Arcminute Microkelvin Imager is situated 1,800 feet east of One-Mile Telescope.
Church of St Helen
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Helen is situated 1 mile west of One-Mile Telescope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harlton and Little Eversden.
Harlton
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The village is 5 miles south-west of Cambridge and neighbours Haslingfield.
Little Eversden
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Eversden is a village approximately 7 miles south-west of Cambridge, England. It has two main roads: Harlton Road which goes through Little Eversden and joins the A603, and High Street.
Haslingfield
Village
Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about six miles south-west of Cambridge, between Harston, Barton and Barrington.
One-Mile Telescope
Latitude
52.16371° or 52° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
0.03146° or 0° 1′ 53″ eastOperator
University of CambridgeOpen location code
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Q1960708
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“One-Mile Telescope” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقراب الواحد ميل”
- Catalan: “Telescopi d’una milla”
- Chinese: “一英里望远镜”
- Esperanto: “Unu-Mejla Teleskopo”
- Italian: “One-Mile Telescope”
- Japanese: “1マイル望遠鏡”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “One-Mile Telescope”
- Norwegian: “One-Mile Telescope”
- Ukrainian: “Одномильний телескоп”
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