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The ___MASK90___ at the University of Manchester , is among the largest astrophysics groups in the UK . It includes the Jodrell Bank Observatory , the MERLIN / VLBI National Facility , the Development Office of the Square Kilometre Array , and the Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre . The Centre was formed after the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST which brought two astronomy groups together . The Isles of Scilly ( or "") are an archipelago off the south western tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain . It is the southernmost location in England and the ___MASK68___ , as well as the most westerly in England . The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands of ___MASK71___ and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle of Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . The ___MASK92___ ( originally the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station , then the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories from 1966 to 1999 ) is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes , and is part of the ___MASK90___ at the University of Manchester . The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell , a radio astronomer at the University of Manchester who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar during the Second World War . It has since played an important role in the research of meteors , quasars , pulsars , masers and gravitational lenses , and was heavily involved with the tracking of space probes at the start of the Space Age . The managing director of the observatory is Professor Simon Garrington . Cheshire ( or ; archaically the County Palatine of Chester ; abbreviated Ches .) is a county in North West England , bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north , Derbyshire to the east , Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Wales to the west ( bordering Wrexham and Flintshire ). Cheshire ' s county town is Chester ; the largest town is Warrington . The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK9___ , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of ___MASK71___ bounded to the east by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the Bristol Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay of Biscay , as well as adjacent portions of Wales , Cornwall , Devon , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of ___MASK71___ is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Electromagnetic interference ( EMI ), also called radio - frequency interference ( RFI ) when in the radio frequency spectrum , is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction , electrostatic coupling , or conduction . The disturbance may degrade the performance of the circuit or even stop it from functioning . In the case of a data path , these effects can range from an increase in error rate to a total loss of the data . Both man - made and natural sources generate changing electrical currents and voltages that can cause EMI : automobile ignition systems , ___MASK97___ phones , thunderstorms , the Sun , and the Northern Lights . EMI frequently affects AM radios . It can also affect ___MASK97___ phones , FM radios , and televisions . The ___MASK6___ ( UoM ) is a public research university in Manchester , England , formed in 2004 by the merger of the ___MASK6___ Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria ___MASK6___ . The ___MASK6___ is a red brick university , a product of the civic university movement of the late - 19th century . Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England , with a population of 1 . 38 million . It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary , and comprises five metropolitan boroughs : ___MASK12___ , St Helens , Sefton , ___MASK85___ , and the city of Liverpool . Merseyside , which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 , takes its name from the River Mersey . METeOR ( Metadata Online Registry ), ___MASK93___  s repository for national metadata standards for health , housing and community services statistics and information . METeOR is a Metadata registry based on the 2003 version of the ISO / IEC 11179 Information technology - Metadata registries standard . METeOR was developed to store , manage and disseminate metadata in the Australian health , community services and housing assistance sectors . Wales is a country that is part of the ___MASK68___ and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . Radar is an object - detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range , angle , or velocity of objects . It can be used to detect aircraft , ships , spacecraft , guided missiles , motor vehicles , weather formations , and terrain . A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain , a transmitting antenna , a receiving antenna ( often the same antenna is used for transmitting and receiving ) and a receiver and processor to determine properties of the object ( s ). Radio waves ( pulsed or continuous ) from the transmitter reflect off the object and return to the receiver , giving information about the object ' s location and speed . Radar was developed secretly for military use by several nations in the period before and during ___MASK98___ . The term " RADAR " was coined in 1940 by the ___MASK18___ as an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging or RAdio Direction And Ranging . The term " radar " has since entered English and other languages as a common noun , losing all capitalization . North West England , one of nine official regions of England , consists of the five counties of Cheshire , Cumbria , Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . The North West had a population of 7 , 052 , 000 in 2011 . It is the third most populated region in the ___MASK68___ after the South East and Greater London . The ___MASK68___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK68___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . Goostrey is an old farming village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire , England . It is located off Junction 18 of the M6 motorway , near ___MASK92___ . According to the 2001 Census , the civil parish had a total population of 2 , 201 . The Parish of Goostrey was the fourth largest in the former Borough of Congleton , excluding the four towns , with a population of 2 , 180 at mid - 1997 . Its area of 2 , 535 acres ( 10 . 26 square kilometres ) contains 900 houses of which fourteen are listed buildings and are considered as being of historical or architectural importance . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the ___MASK68___ and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell , OBE , FRS ( 31 August 19136 August 2012 ) was an English physicist and radio astronomer . He was the first Director of ___MASK92___ , from 1945 to 1980 . Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can ___MASK17___ to a television set , a television program (" TV show "), or the medium of television transmission . Television is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and advertising . A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to receive radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky in radio astronomy . Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy , which studies the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum emitted by astronomical objects , just as optical telescopes are the main observing instrument used in traditional optical astronomy which studies the light wave portion of the spectrum coming from astronomical objects . Radio telescopes are typically large parabolic (" dish ") antennas similar to those employed in tracking and communicating with satellites and space probes . They may be used singly , or linked together electronically in an array . Unlike optical telescopes , radio telescopes can be used in the daytime as well as at night . Since astronomical radio sources such as stars , nebulas and galaxies are very far away , the radio waves coming from them are extremely weak , so radio telescopes require very large antennas to collect enough radio energy to study them , and extremely sensitive receiving equipment . Radio observatories are preferentially located far from major centers of population to avoid electromagnetic interference ( EMI ) from radio , television , radar , motor vehicles , and other EMI emitting devices . Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , England , with a population of 514 , 414 . It lies within the ___MASK68___ ' s second - most populous urban area , with a population of 2 . 55 million . Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south , the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation . The local authority is Manchester City Council . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea of Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body of water that separates ___MASK5___ England from northern France , and joins the ___MASK5___ part of the North Sea to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK68___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The Mark II is a radio telescope located at ___MASK92___ , near Goostrey , Cheshire , in the north - west of England . It was built on the site of the 218 ft ( 66 . 4 m ) Transit Telescope . Construction was completed in 1964 . The telescope ' s design was used as the basis of the 60 ft ( 18 m ) Goonhilly 1 telescope , and the Mark III telescope is also based on a similar design . The original dish surface of the telescope was more accurate than the Lovell Telescope ' s at the time it was made , meaning that it was better suited for observations at higher frequencies . As well as operating as a solo instrument , it has been used as an interferometer with the Lovell Telescope , which provides a 425 m ( 1 , 394 ft ) baseline . It is commonly used as part of the Multi - Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network ( MERLIN ) , and for Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations . Derbyshire ( or ; abbreviated Derbys . or Derbs .) is a county in the East Midlands of England . A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire , containing the ___MASK5___ extremity of the Pennine range of hills which extend into the north of the county . The county contains part of the National Forest , and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest , West Yorkshire to the north , South Yorkshire to the northeast , Nottinghamshire to the east , Leicestershire to the southeast , Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire also to the west . Kinder Scout , at 636 metres ( 2 , 087 ft ), is the highest point in the county , whilst Trent Meadows , where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire , is its lowest point at 27 metres ( 89 ft ). The River Derwent is the county ' s longest river at 66 miles ( 106 km ), and runs roughly north to south through the county . In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms ( near Swadlincote ) as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain . Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England , with a population of 2 . 8 million . It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the ___MASK68___ and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs : Bolton , Bury , Oldham , Rochdale , Stockport , Tameside , Trafford , Wigan , and the cities of Manchester and Salford . Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 ; and designated a City Region on 1 April 2011 .