Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), an interferometer array at The Mullard radio observatory at Barton, Cambridge.

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One of the 7 radio telescopes that make up the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), an interferometer array spread across England and operated by Jodrell Bank. It is used to observe Radio-loud Galaxies, Quasars and Hydroxl (OH) in intersellar gas clouds. This antenna is at the Mullard observatory at Barton near Cambridge.

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Lords Bridge, Barton Cambridge UK
Photo credit: © Nigel Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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