🏛️ Jodrell Bank Observatory

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Europe · Cultural · 53.23°N, 2.30°W

Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the university, to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War. It has since played an important role in the research of meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers, and gravitational lenses, and was heavily involved with the tracking of Soviet and US spacecraft of the Space Race.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	53.23°N, 2.30°W · view on map

Jodrell Bank Observatory is a cultural World Heritage site in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Jodrell Bank Observatory was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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