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Hans Lippershey is given credit for the first telescope.
Hans Lippershey is given credit for the first telescope, although he never pointed it to the sky. Galileo beat him to that task. -
Galileo builds the first telescope.
Galileo builds the first telescope, although he only solved the problem of building it, he did not have any of the original ideas. -
First attempt at making a reflecting telescope.
Niccolo Zucchi attemps to make a reflecting telescope using a concave bronze mirror. -
Gregorian design is invented.
James Gregory invents the gregorian telescope design.
Although because of the time's technological limitations, the first model is built 10 years later -
First "practical" reflector.
Isaac Newton is credited with the first practical telescope in 1668 dubbed "Newtonian". -
The eyepiece is invented
Jesse Ramsden invents the telescope eyepiece. -
Largest achromatic telescope of the 19th century.
The largest achromatic telescope is built by Alvan Clark , it is currently at the Yerkes Observatory, Winsconsin. Its aperture is 102cm in diameter. -
Largest refracting telescope ever built.
The largest refracting telescope is built for the Great Paris Exhibition. It was 57m long and 1.25m in diameter. It was barely used for scientific purposes as it wasn't designed for such tasks. -
First X-Ray picture of our Sun
The first X-ray picture of our Sun is taken by a non-optical telescope -
First telescope able to capture images in gamma rays.
The Uhuru becomes the first space telescope to look at objects tin gamma rays. -
Hubble is launched into space
On april 24th 1990, NASA launches the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit around Earth. -
Latest Gamma ray telescope launched into orbit.
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) left Earth onboard a Delta II rocket on June 11th 2008. -
The largest telescope to date is built
The Gran Telescopio Canarias is built in the Canary islands of Spain at 7 438 feet above sea level, it's the largest one built to date. -
Latest X-Ray telescope launched into orbit.
NASA launched thei rmost recent X-Ray telescope around Earth to search for Black Holes and other hard-to-see celestial objects for about 2 years. -
JWSP as Hubble's successor.
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in 2018 as Hubble's successor, it will orbit around the Sun 1.5M kilometers beyond Earth. Its misson is set to last 5 years.
