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First Telescope Invented
In 1570 a new inventor was born. HIs name is Hans Lippershey, Hans Lippershey was a German-Dutch eyeglass maker. He was known for the earliest written record of a refracting telescope. He is basically the inventor of the telescope. He became a master lens grinder and a spectale maker. This picture right here is a picture of Hans Lippershey. -
A Big Role In The Scientific Revolution
In 1609, Galileo created a telescope that could see farther with glasses. He could see other stars but they were not clear images. He discovered that Jupiter is a sphere and that Venus is circuling around the sun. Which means that the Earth is not in the center of the universe, the sun is. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy" and the "father of science". He played a major role in the scientific revolution by discovering so many things in the universe. -
First Reflecting Telescope
Newton built the first reflecting telescope and developed a theory of color based on when the prism decomposes white light into the many colors of the visible spectrum. Newton was probably the number one person to discovery and create so many different things. Because of Newton we discovered light waves and it's properties. This picture is a replica of his telescope. -
Saturn Rings
Cassini was an astronomer at the Panzano Observatory. He discovered the four satellites of Saturn. Cassini also discovered that Saturn's rings were more than just one and were made up of many other things. He finds outs out that the rings are made up of rocks and where they are orginally from. HIs telescope finds vaper around the plumes. Which starts to question scientistts everywhere. -
1 out of 2 of Hershel's Major Discoveries
William Hershel wanted to look beyond the planets and to the stars. He created wider mirrors so he can see farther. He made his disk/mirror by hand. This creation leads to a really big discover later on. He starts to study the Milky Way and tries to figure out the shape of it. Afterwards he creates a map called the grine stone and believes that it is the whole cosmos. The picture is the 40 foot telescope that belonged to Hershel. -
2 out of 2 of Hershel's Major Discoveries
This picture right here, is a picture of William Hershel. Hershel sees a really faint star that seems to be more than what he seemed. He discovered Uranus. His telescope was able to see more in the night sky, such as gas and other strange objects. They saw cloud shape things in the milky way and no one knows what they are until later on when Hubble comes along. -
A Bigger Better Telescope
George Ellery Hale is best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots. He also created a telescope on the mountains. Which turned out to be the biggest and most important telescope ever. Many famous scientist have used it and they discovered many new things. -
What's The Big Bang
Lemaître proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, which he called the "Cosmic Egg". The Big Bang is a model for the universe from the earliest periods in history. The model shows that the universe was in fact expanding. Since the expanding of the universe might be traced back in time to an originating single point, scientists have built on his idea of cosmic expansion. After his theory, it helps us understand more about our universe and it's history. -
More Galaxies
Hubble made many discoveries just like Newtone did. Edwin Hubble notices that some stars are getting brighter. So he calculates the distance of those stars from their brightness. He also finds a whole knew other galaxy and he is the one to reveal that Nebulies are other galaxies. Which is giving us more information about our universe. That we are still and have always been expanding. Hubble is using the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory to measure the distance of the stars.
