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Aperture synthesis is a type of . Aperture synthesis imaging was first developed at radio wavelengths by Martin Ryle and coworkers from the Radio Astronomy Group at Cambridge University . Martin Ryle and Tony Hewish jointly received a Nobel Prize for this and other contributions to the development of radio interferometry. The radio astronomy group in Cambridge went on to found the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge in the 1950s . During the late 1960s and early 70s, as computers (such as the Titan ) became available capable of handling the computationally-intensive Fourier Transform inversions required, they used aperture synthesis to synthesis first a 'One-Mile' and later a '5km' effective aperture using the One-Mile and Ryle telescopes respectively. The technique was subsequently further developed in Very Long Baseline Interferometry to obtain baselines of thousands of km. Aperture synthesis is also used by a type of Radar system known as Synthetic Aperture Radar , and even in Optical Telescopes . SEE ALSO
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