observatory

History: Closehouse obseravtory were part of a complex built by Newcastle University in the 1960s and was a well used complex up untill the sale of Closehouse around 20 Years ago. Surprisingly the biggest and most impressive telescope was left on site, a 1917 24 inch telescope built by Calver...

For a day out, we decided to visit the Large Array Arcminute Inferometer radio telescopes at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) in Cambridge. It was very cool to see the telescopes up close, and it was quite easy to get to them, with some great scenery and nature on the way, once we...

Closehouse Observatory This place has stayed off the radar pretty well, I first noticed it on Instagram a few months ago and assumed it would have been flavour of the month, like a similar observatory in Kent was a few years back, but this one never really took off. Me and @dais stopped in on...

Hi, this report has been done a fair few times but I thought i'd share these shots I got. Great find that is easily accessible but with some cameras facing the two larger dishes. Hope you enjoy!

Introduction I can’t believe it has taken me this long to do this place as it is quite interesting and reasonably local to me. Me @Wastelandr, and @KPUrban_ headed out to check out a few bits in Cambridgeshire with this being the last site of the day. Information & History Founded by Martin...

This site has been covered a number of times already, but it is a cracking and quite unique place so hopefully it is of interest. After a day spent at Duxford looking at some planes, a few of us decided to swing by here on the way home. It’s a nice easy explore and it was nice clear day, though...

Mullard Observatory The Cavendish Laboratory pioneered the field of Radio astronomy under the direction of Professor Sir Martin Ryle, F.R.S. from 1945 to 1982. The first Observatory was on the outskirts of Cambridge. In 1957, through the generosity of Mullard Ltd. and with support from the...

Word circulated that the observatory was open so I popped along one Saturday afternoon with Ella. Slight struggle getting inside as I like to make a meal of everything but it’s great to see something completely different. There’s lots of rubbish been dumped in there and it was really musty...

Visited here after what was a pretty poor day off exploring with man gone wrong. Although we did see a guy casually riding on a penny farthing push bike in the Essex country lanes earlier in the day which made our day. The day had started off cold and frosty and beautiful and stayed that way. So...

So I took a little drive out to splendid Cambridgeshire. After deciding to climb half a radio mast; which takes me an age, we didn't get there until dusk. Nonetheless, it made for some great starry long exposures which I haven't seen too many of online. The explore was very straightforward, but...

History- The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory(MRAO) is located near and is home to a number of the largest and most advanced aperture synthesis radio telescopes in the world, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. It was founded by the...

History -Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) is home to a number of large aperture synthesis radio telescopes, including the One-Mile Telescope, 5-km Ryle Telescope, and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Radio interferometry started in the mid-1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with...

Hi there all, Today me, my girlfriend and her brother came across this old observatory camp using a search of our local areas on 28DL. As soon as we found out where it was located we decided to scout it out for entrances. We was all very surprised that it was still standing as this was quite...

I made my way to Bidston Hill yesterday on the recommendation of a report I saw on here. What a gorgeous place! The whole land was bought on the condition that it would be kept for public use and enjoyment, which is upheld today. The buildings date from the 1800s. No interior exploration as the...

Hi all,Been planning this report for a while now, taken several visits to see most of the area, with some close calls I was able to photograph majority of the satellites on the main site. This sites been done is some detail on here now, so ill ease off the history of the site and just give the...