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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Lovell Telescope A 76-m fully steerable radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England. The telescope was completed in 1957, and was known as the Mark I until 1971 when it was substantially rebuilt with a new bowl and supporting structure, and became the Mark IA. In 1987 it was named the Lovell Telescope in honour of A. C. B.Lovell. It was resurfaced again in 2001–02.

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