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When was the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank first switched on?
11th October – I’ve seen a few tweets today stating something along the lines of “On this day, 1957, the largest radio telescope in the world was switched on at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.” I don’t know where that claim originates but I’m pretty sure it’s not true. Construction of the telescope had begun in 1952 […]