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Mark II (radio telescope)

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The Mark II. Image credit: Mike Peel

The Mark II is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England. It was constructed in 1962. It has an elliptical dish, with a major axis of 125ft/38.1m and a minor axis of 83ft 4 in/25.4m. It is mainly used as part of the MERLIN radio telescope network.

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