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The first telescope made in 1608 by Hans Lippershey
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It was made famous, however, by Italian mathematician Galileo, who constructed his own, improved device, and was the first to use it to explore space. With his telescope, he discovered four satellites of Jupiter and resolved nebular patches into stars
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The Irish nobleman William Parsons, the 3rd Earl of Rosse built the 3rd type of telescope in 1845.
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The 4th type of telescope was made in 1970 by Hans Lippershey.
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During 1996-2011 plans were made for a new type of telescope, the plans were mostly made from James Webb.
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Thomas J. Johnson, the creator of the modern Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
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the future
