How big is your telescope?

[neil_r]

I was working in Wilmslow, Cheshire and passed this on my way home.

This is Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, part of the School of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Manchester

Unfortunately it was getting late and the light was fading fast but I managed to grab a few frames.

For more of my pictures of Jodrell Bank click here :- http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/list.php?exhibition=47 (http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/list.php?exhibition=47)

For more information on Jodrell Bank and the Lovell Telescope click here:- http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/ (http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/)

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/large/Jodrell_N6H3194.jpg

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/large/Jodrell_N6H3216.jpg

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/large/Jodrell_N6H3222_a.jpg

[Feihung08]

Wow! That things MASSive! Great shots nonetheless......but one can only imagine how good they would have been in better light, and maybe less clouds.

But, I'm just jealous I wasn't there! :p

[neil_r]

and maybe less clouds.

This is just outside Manchester.... A little less cloud is just not possible :D

(Sorry sGu)

N

[marie]

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goodness gracious http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif




good job it's not mobile Neil
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great to see it

[gramps]

Thats not a telescope.............it's the new direct TV HD dish (home use only).

[CyberDyneSystems]

Who was the genius that thought England was a good climate for a big telescope?

lol

[neil_r]

Who was the genius that thought England was a good climate for a big telescope?

lol
It's a radio telescope, In the UK our mains electricity is at 240 volts not 110 as in the US. Therfore it has enough power to see through the clouds :D :D

N

[marie]

Who was the genius that thought England was a good climate for a big telescope?

lol
superman ?

on a flying visit ?












:mrgreen:

[marie]

Therfore it has enough power to see through the clouds :D :D

N

praise be to God :cool:

[Feihung08]

praise be to God :cool:
Praise be to Scientist should be more like it!


So it's cloudy all the time eh neil_r?

[marie]

Praise be to Scientist should be more like it!




:)

that's more or less what I meant

it's just an old saying when praising somebody or something which is great ...
'praise be to God'
the fact the scientist's etc were successful


saying it here (praise be to God) I was joking ...
after what CDS said
and Neil explaining the 'see through' clouds

like as in... 'it's a miracle' !
:lol:

[Littlenose]

Neil... did you go into the visitor's center? There's a pair of parabolic dishes in there that are part of a working exhibit that really show the effectiveness of the dish shape... you need 2 people though, but well worth the entrance fee just for that... oh, and be warned i fell over laughing ;)

Nice pics.. i particularly like the last one... it shows the scale of the dish... which you can even see from the hills near delamere forest :O

[neil_r]

Neil... did you go into the visitor's center?
I didn't get a chance to. I was at a meeting in Wilmslow that was due to end at around 15:00hrs which in the end finished at 17:00. All I could do was grab a few frames in the failing light. I will be heading up that way quite often now so will make a point of visiting.

Their web site is saying that the visitor centre is in the middle of a major re-furbishment so I may hold off untill that is completed.

So it's cloudy all the time eh neil_r?
Not really but it is a really unfair reputation that Manchester has with the rest of the UK, I mean have you ever seen the sun shining in a Lowry painting :D

N

[Feihung08]

:)

that's more or less what I meant
it's just an old saying when praising somebody or something which is great ...
'praise be to God'
the fact the scientist's etc were successful
saying it here (praise be to God) I was joking ...
after what CDS said
and Neil explaining the 'see through' clouds
like as in... 'it's a miracle' !
:lol:
Gotcha Marie!! I hope I wasn't coming off like I was attacking you or anything!! I was just trying to 'give praise' to the 'big brains' that engineered that incredible behemoth!

[Feihung08]

Not really but it is a really unfair reputation that Manchester has with the rest of the UK, I mean have you ever seen the sun shining in a Lowry painting :D
*quickly scours Google for "Lowry painting"*
Ah ha! Just looked at about 10 different paintings.....I see what you mean! Very early industy looking, and very 'gray skies' feel to them.
(sorry, I've never been to England so I was pretty ignorant on the "Manchester reputation"....."but now I know....and knowing is half the battle"!)

[marie]

Gotcha Marie!! I hope I wasn't coming off like I was attacking you or anything!! I was just trying to 'give praise' to the 'big brains' that engineered that incredible behemoth!

:)
no
not at all , thanks
just wanted to clarify what I was saying

[Littlenose]

I didn't get a chance to. I was at a meeting in Wilmslow that was due to end at around 15:00hrs which in the end finished at 17:00. All I could do was grab a few frames in the failing light. I will be heading up that way quite often now so will make a point of visiting.

Their web site is saying that the visitor centre is in the middle of a major re-furbishment so I may hold off untill that is completed.


Let me know waht you think of it after you've visited? I found some interesting stuf fin there, but it seemed to be aimed at school parties... which is fair enough, but knowing that they're refurbishing might make a revisit worthwhile... especially i fthey keep some exhibits in tact ;)

Still like the pics :D It's a pretty impressive dish.

[RbnDave]

Wow. Pink Floyd is going to have to record another album so they can use your pic as the cover art.