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== Mark II and III telescopes ==
{{main|Mark II (radio telescope)|Mark III (radio telescope)}}
[[Image:Jodrell Bank Mark II.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The [[Mark II (radio telescope)|Mark II]] radio telescope]]
The Mark II telescope is an elliptical radio telescope, with a major axis of {{convert|38.1|m|ft}} and a minor axis of {{convert|25.4|m|ft}}.<ref name="jbo_mk2">{{cite web | url=http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/history/mk2.html | title=The MKII Radio Telescope | publisher=Jodrell Bank Observatory | access-date=2007-06-01 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027221041/http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/history/mk2.html | archive-date=27 October 2008}}</ref> It was constructed in 1964. As well as operating as a standalone telescope, it has been used as an [[interferometer]] with the Lovell Telescope, and is now primarily used as part of the MERLIN project.<ref name="interferometer1"/><ref name="quest">{{cite web | url=http://www.merlin.ac.uk/about/layman/quest.html | title=The quest for the resolving power | publisher=Jodrell Bank Observatory | access-date=2009-07-16}}</ref>
The [[Mark III (radio telescope)|Mark III telescope]], the same size as the Mark II, was constructed to be transportable<ref name="nature">Palmer and Rowson (1968)</ref> but it was never moved from [[Wardle, Cheshire|Wardle]], near [[Nantwich]], where it was used as part of [[MERLIN]]. It was built in 1966 and decommissioned in 1996.<ref name="merlin_locations">{{cite web | url=http://www.merlin.ac.uk/user_guide/OnlineMUG-ajh/newch0-node62.html | title=MERLIN user guide—4.1 Location of Telescopes | access-date=2007-08-05}}</ref>