A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
To celebrate our 80th anniversary week, we're sharing a selection of archival photos… 📸
Here (1951), Mary Almond and – possibly – J.S. Greenhow study radar echoes from meteors inside the Radiant Hut, which held instruments that measured the outputs from arrays of Yagi aerials.
#JodrellAt80
Here (1951), Mary Almond and – possibly – J.S. Greenhow study radar echoes from meteors inside the Radiant Hut, which held instruments that measured the outputs from arrays of Yagi aerials.
#JodrellAt80
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To celebrate our 80th anniversary week, we're sharing a selection of archival photos… 📸
Here (1951), Mary Almond and – possibly – J.S. Greenhow study radar echoes from meteors inside the Radiant Hut, which held instruments that measured the outputs from arrays of Yagi aerials.
#JodrellAt80
Here (1951), Mary Almond and – possibly – J.S. Greenhow study radar echoes from meteors inside the Radiant Hut, which held instruments that measured the outputs from arrays of Yagi aerials.
#JodrellAt80
We’re spotlighting photos from our archive as part of our anniversary week celebrations, including this one from May 1957! 📡
Here we see welders working on panels from within the bowl of the Lovell Telescope - the third largest radio telescope in the world, measuring 250ft in diameter. #JodrellAt80
Here we see welders working on panels from within the bowl of the Lovell Telescope - the third largest radio telescope in the world, measuring 250ft in diameter. #JodrellAt80
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We’re spotlighting photos from our archive as part of our anniversary week celebrations, including this one from May 1957! 📡
Here we see welders working on panels from within the bowl of the Lovell Telescope - the third largest radio telescope in the world, measuring 250ft in diameter. #JodrellAt80
Here we see welders working on panels from within the bowl of the Lovell Telescope - the third largest radio telescope in the world, measuring 250ft in diameter. #JodrellAt80
On the 14th December, we celebrate Jodrell Bank’s 80th anniversary by sharing our final #JodrellAt80 heritage photo – taking us back to where it all began.
This black and white photo is one of the first ever taken at Jodrell, back when the site was still the @manchester.ac.uk botany station. [🧵1/4]
This black and white photo is one of the first ever taken at Jodrell, back when the site was still the @manchester.ac.uk botany station. [🧵1/4]
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On the 14th December, we celebrate Jodrell Bank’s 80th anniversary by sharing our final #JodrellAt80 heritage photo – taking us back to where it all began.
This black and white photo is one of the first ever taken at Jodrell, back when the site was still the @manchester.ac.uk botany station. [🧵1/4]
This black and white photo is one of the first ever taken at Jodrell, back when the site was still the @manchester.ac.uk botany station. [🧵1/4]
These photos show those very same botany huts today, 80 years on: a reminder of where it all began and of the discoveries that could scarcely have been imagined in that first muddy field.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Jodrell’s mission over the decades. 🔭✨ #JodrellAt80 [🧵4/4]
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Jodrell’s mission over the decades. 🔭✨ #JodrellAt80 [🧵4/4]
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
These photos show those very same botany huts today, 80 years on: a reminder of where it all began and of the discoveries that could scarcely have been imagined in that first muddy field.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Jodrell’s mission over the decades. 🔭✨ #JodrellAt80 [🧵4/4]
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Jodrell’s mission over the decades. 🔭✨ #JodrellAt80 [🧵4/4]
📸 Today’s #JodrellAt80 throwback photo comes from inside the Polarisation Hut, where Roger Jennison and Mrinal Das Gupta (pictured here in 1951) pioneered early experiments in long-baseline interferometry!
The hut is now the control room for the 21-foot telescope used in undergraduate experiments.
The hut is now the control room for the 21-foot telescope used in undergraduate experiments.
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
📸 Today’s #JodrellAt80 throwback photo comes from inside the Polarisation Hut, where Roger Jennison and Mrinal Das Gupta (pictured here in 1951) pioneered early experiments in long-baseline interferometry!
The hut is now the control room for the 21-foot telescope used in undergraduate experiments.
The hut is now the control room for the 21-foot telescope used in undergraduate experiments.
Today’s heritage photo, taken in December 1963, shows two men discussing the control desk for the Mark II (being built in the background). On the right is J.G. Davies, who would be instrumental in tracking the Luna 9 mission, and on the left is a Senior Experimental Officer.
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today’s heritage photo, taken in December 1963, shows two men discussing the control desk for the Mark II (being built in the background). On the right is J.G. Davies, who would be instrumental in tracking the Luna 9 mission, and on the left is a Senior Experimental Officer.
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
It’s been a wonderful afternoon celebrating in the lead up to the Observatory’s 80th anniversary this December, joined by current staff, alumni, researchers, and special friends of Jodrell Bank both old and new! 💫
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s been a wonderful afternoon celebrating in the lead up to the Observatory’s 80th anniversary this December, joined by current staff, alumni, researchers, and special friends of Jodrell Bank both old and new! 💫
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
🔭 Can’t attend a workshop? Find out how to participate from home: www.jodrellbank.net/events/80-ye... [3/3]
#JodrellBank #JodrellAt80 #CosmicThreads
#JodrellBank #JodrellAt80 #CosmicThreads
80 Years of Jodrell Bank: Get Involved At Home! - Jodrell Bank
Join Jodrell Bank's 80th anniversary project, 'Cosmic Threads,' a community quilt inspired by the wonders of space.
www.jodrellbank.net
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔭 Can’t attend a workshop? Find out how to participate from home: www.jodrellbank.net/events/80-ye... [3/3]
#JodrellBank #JodrellAt80 #CosmicThreads
#JodrellBank #JodrellAt80 #CosmicThreads