Hewish, Prof. Antony
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Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array, (designer, user) — 1967
This is part of the four-acre radio telescope used in one of astronomy’s most famous chance discoveries. In 1967, student Jocelyn Bell noticed a ‘bit of scruff’ on the telescope’s data charts. Astronomers realised that the unusual signal, which repeated ... read more
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Model of a pulsar, (designer, association) — c. 1969
Antony Hewish used this model to teach people about pulsars – the new kind of star he and Jocelyn Bell discovered in 1967. The orange ball at the centre represents a neutron star, the incredibly dense remnant of a supernova ... read more