Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope

Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope
Surviving Yagi antennas of the CLFST in June 2014
Observatory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s) Cambridge, United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 52°10′13″N 0°02′33″E / 52.1704°N 0.0426°E / 52.1704; 0.0426Coordinates: 52°10′13″N 0°02′33″E / 52.1704°N 0.0426°E / 52.1704; 0.0426 Edit this at Wikidata
Wavelength 38, 151 MHz (7.89, 1.99 m)
Telescope style Radio telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Website www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/outreach/radio-telescopes/clfst/ Edit this at Wikidata
Location of Cambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope
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


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