1/100 sec @ f/8 - 17mm on 17-40L


space (man)
21 January, 2006
Taken at the Chilbolton Observatory near Andover, Hampshire. The dish is huge...

The tech. details: the main research tool at the Chilbolton Observatory is the 25m fully steerable Chilbolton Dish. The pioneering 3 GHz Doppler-polarisation radar is installed on this antenna, along with the 1275MHz clear air radar. Other facilities at the site include experimental millimetre wave systems, meteorological sensors.

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