Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope

Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope

Surviving Yagi antennas of the CLFST in June 2014
Part of	Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Location(s)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Coordinates	52°10′13″N 0°02′33″E
Wavelength	38, 151 MHz (7.89, 1.99 m)
Telescope style	radio telescope
Website	www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/outreach/radio-telescopes/clfst/
Location of Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope
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CLFST in May 1999

The Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope (CLFST) is an east-west aperture synthesis radio telescope currently operating at 151 MHz. It consists of 60 tracking yagis on a 4.6 km baseline, giving 776 simultaneous baselines. These provide a resolution of 70×70 cosec (declination) arcsec², with a sensitivity of about 30 to 50 mJy/beam, and a field of view of about 9°×9°. The telescope is situated at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The CLFST has made three astronomical catalogues of the Northern Hemisphere:

• 6C survey at 151 MHz
• 7C survey at 151 MHz
• 8C survey at 38 MHz