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PhotoHunt – Machine(s)

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17 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2011

17 Responses to “PhotoHunt – Machine(s)”

  1. Ruth says:
    March 12, 2011 at 9:14 am

    Impressive machines!
    Just when I decided to start doing photohunt again, I can’t seem to access the comments section on the photohunt page :(
    Mine is here
    http://ruth-bheag.blogspot.com/

    • CherryPie says:
      March 12, 2011 at 1:06 pm

      Welcome back Ruth :-)

      The comments seem to be working now. You can either click the comments link or the blog post title and it should take you to the comments page. If you click the post title you also have to click comments at the bottom of the comments thread.

  2. EG Wow, Canada says:
    March 12, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    Now that is a very elaborate machine! Neat shots of it!

  3. Janice says:
    March 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    Gosh what a fantastic telescope. Would love to be in one those viewing the night sky!

  4. MTG says:
    March 12, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    Gorax: Be a darling and just switch on the light scrambler.
    Klaatu: Sense someone peeking again, dear?
    Gorax: It’s those crude carbonites – and they do it every time I’m shedding a skin.

  5. Annie says:
    March 13, 2011 at 12:49 am

    Cool looking photos of that very impressive machine. Like the way it looks against the blue sky.

  6. angus dei says:
    March 13, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Wonder if it can pick up BSkyB?

    I don’t think I would want that hanging on the side of the Castle though:)

    As uaual wondrous photos CherryPie.

  7. Bernard says:
    March 13, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    How did you get so close Cherie?
    Were you on a visit as a group or is it open to the public?
    Actually, as impressive as it is, I was told the whole project was underfunded (what’s new) and was ‘cobbled’ together with all sorts of compromises. The dish used to be rotated by a upturned lorry chassis! :o
    I don’t know if that is still the case?

    • CherryPie says:
      March 13, 2011 at 10:14 pm

      It is open to the public and you can get quite close although it is behind a fence.

      I am not sure about the about the upturned lorry chassis, but you can find out more about the telescope here.

      It is part of the University of Manchester research.

      • Bernard says:
        March 14, 2011 at 7:37 am

        Thanks for that link. I’ve now brought myself up to date. :)
        I expect I last read about it in New Scientist in the 1960’s! :(

  8. Marta says:
    March 14, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    That is impressive and very cool that you could get up close to it.