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Invention of the Telescope
In 1608 Hans Lippershey was credited with the invention of the telescope, he was a dutch eyeglass maker and his model included 3x magnification. -
Galileo's telescope
Galileo made his first telescope modeled after Hans lippersheys' original version which could magnify 3x. His model could magnify up to 20x and he was able to look at the moon and discover the planet venus, jupiters moons and broke the myth that the sun resolves around the earth. -
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton is known as the most influental scientist to this day and invented the first refracting telescope, the laws of gravity and motion, venus, discovered jupiter's moons, orbits' oval shape, and was able to take a closer look at our moon. -
William Hershel
William hershel had an interest in astronomy, and made a 20 foot refracting telescope (the biggest of his time) to view space. He discovered Uranus, he also discovered infrared radiation. -
George ellery Hale
Hale is best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots and for the construction of many telescopes, including the Hale telescope. -
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory is a astronomical observatory founded by George Ellerey Hale and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and holds telescopes including the Hooker telescope and the Hale telescope. Mount Wilson Observatory started constructon in 1906 and is still being used today. -
Edwin Hubble
Hubbles discoveries changed the scientific view of the universe. He found that there are other galaxies beyond our own and that they are moving away from each other. In 1929 he formulated Hubbles law, he also created a classification system for nebulae. -
Penzius and Wilson
Penzius and Wilson discovered cosmic background radiation, one of the biggest pieces of supporting evidence for the Big Bang Theory. -
Hubble telescope
The Hubble space telescpe is one of the most famous telescopes and was named after Edwin Hubble, it is the first telescope sent out into space and helped settle the age of out universe anog with many other discoveries such as planets outside our solarsystems, different types of nebulae etc. -
WMAP
The WMAP or Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe was a space craft operating from 2001 to 2010. It measured temperature differences in cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) -
Kepler
The Kepler spacecraft is a spacecraft made in 2009 used to help find earth-like planets orbiting stars, in search for life or intelligent life in the milky way galaxy.
