History Of Telescopes

By liam_fitzgerald23

  • First Idea Of A Telescope

    Hans Lippershey, a German-Dutch man wanted to make an instrument " for seeing things far away as they were nearby."

  • First Telescope Idea

    Hans Lippershey a German-Dutch man came up with the idea of an instrument "for seeing things far away as they were nearby."

  • First Telescope

    Galileo Galilei built the first telescope. He discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons.

  • First Telescope

    Galileo Galilei made the first telescope and discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter.

  • Magnifying Mirror

    Italian priest Niccolo Zucchi made a concaved mirror to magnify objects.

  • First Non-distorted Telescope

    German priest Christoph Scheiner built a telescope that has a convex lens instead of concave lens like Galileo. This reduced distortion.

  • Most Powerful Telescope

    Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens built the most powerful telescope and saw all planets in our solar system. He found a bright moon around Saturn and called it "Saturni Luna".

  • First Hyperbolic and Parabolic Mirrors

    Laurent Cassegrain, a Catholic priest from France made a telescope with hyperbolic and parabolic mirrors.

  • Reducing Chromatic Aberration Is Possible

    Chester Moore Hall made a lens to reduce chromatic abberation is possible, proving Sir Isaac Newton's statement that the problem of chromatic aberration cannot be solved was incorrect.

  • First Giant Reflector Telescope Is Made

    UK Astronomer William Herschel built a Newtonian based reflecot telescope that was 12-meters.