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Cambridge telescope

Darnhall telescope

Pickmere telescope

The telescope was built by E-Systems and very similar to those making up the VLA in New Mexico

Defford 25m radio telescope forms part of MERLIN array.

For over 50 years the giant Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank has been a familiar feature of the Cheshire landscape and an internationally renowned landmark in the world of astronomy.

Hidden in the dense coastal forests of Slītere a mysterious ex-Soviet spy center lays now used for science. Almost everyone including me who entered the site of the two large radio telescopes called Irbene, are amazed by the surrealistic atmosphere made by the abandoned ghost town and two large radio dishes in the middle of nowhere.

The Observatory of Yebes is operated by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (a Directorate General of the Ministry for Public Works, 'Ministerio de Fomento'). The site is at a height of approximately 930m above sea level in the Guadalajara province (about 80km from Madrid). It includes four main scientific installations.

The Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe was formally established in 1993 by the Consortium for VLBI in Europe. The Institute is located in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, and hosted by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.

The Toruń Centre for Astronomy is an optical and radio observatory located about 15 km north of Toruń, Poland.