Reply to post: Used to be my "local" interferometery array

The field at the centre of the universe: Cambridge's outdoor pulsar pusher

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Used to be my "local" interferometery array

... as I lived in one of the nearby villages so would drive past these chaps most days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryle_Telescope

Occasionally at night you'd hear the groaning/scraping sounds as they dragged themselves up and down the old rail lines adjusting themselves.

Seems like they've now been co-opted into a more stationary configuration these days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcminute_Microkelvin_Imager

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