Telescope Timeline

By clay_lobbster

  • Galileo gave birth to modern astronomy

    Galileo gave birth to modern astronomy
    Galileo used two glass lenses in a tube to bring moon craters, sunspots, and nearby planets into view.

  • Sir William Herschel

    Sir William Herschel
    Sir William Herschel discovered the planet uranus with a handmade reflective telescope, eight years later King George the third funded a 40 foot telescope, but it proved to be less efective than it was hoped to be.

  • First photo of the moon

    First photo of the moon
    John wiliam draper produced the first photo of the moon.

  • First spiral nebulae

    First spiral nebulae
    A telescope cosntruceted by Lord Rosse in ireland discovered the first spiral nebulae.

  • Largest refracting telescope ever built

    Largest refracting telescope ever built
    A 40 inch refracting telescope at Yerkes Observetory is he largest refracting telescope ever built

  • The hooker 100 inch telesope

    The hooker 100 inch telesope
    A 100 inch telescope was built at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California.

  • Discovery of planet Pluto

    Discovery of planet Pluto
    Clyde tombaugh discovered pluto

  • The Hubble

    The Hubble telescope was lifted into space by the Shuttle "Discovery" and has been recording our universe ever since.

  • The twin mirrored Large Binoclular Telescope

    The LBT saw first binocular light in 2008 ans delivers a sharper image than The Hubble.