November 2023 club members visited Jodrell Bank for the day and received a back room tour from one of the astrophysicists (Mitchell Mickaliger - Operational Support Scientist (Pulsars)) who we met at our Market Stall event earlier this year.
This is what club chair Chris Eagleton had to say about the trip.
Many thanks to Club Officers Helen and Phil for setting up our great day out at Jodrell Bank.
Mitchell's talk was well beyond my academic range but showed that astronomy includes astro-physics and research into fundamental concepts of matter and energy.
I was impressed that the Lovell Telescope, now over 60 years old is still a vital piece of scientific equipment and is also a World Heritage/grade 1 listed structure. During it's design phase, engineers doubted if it was feasible to build it!!
Here are some of the photos from the day.
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