The history of telescopes

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  • Hans lippershey creates first telescope

    Hans lippershey creates first telescope

    Using two glass lenses lined up perfectly, Hans lippershey creates the first telescope.
  • Galileo looks through his telescope

    Galileo looks through his telescope

    Galileo sees farther into the sky with his new and improved telescope.
  • Newton creates first reflecting telescope

    Newton creates first reflecting telescope

    Using perfectly angled mirrors, Isaac newton creates the first reflecting telescope.
  • William Hershal discovers uranus

    William Hershal discovers uranus

    Using his new telescope, William Hershal sees further into space then ever before and sees Uranus.
  • Mount Wilson observatory

    Mount Wilson observatory

    Hubble discovers new galaxies and the redshift on mount wilson.
  • Penzius and Wilson

    Penzius and Wilson

    In 1964, Penzius and Wilson accidentaly discovers cosmic microwave background radiantion.
  • THe hubble space telescope

    THe hubble space telescope

    Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space telescope is one of the greatest telescopes to this day.
  • WMAP

    WMAP

    The Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe was a spacecraft that measured temperatures across the galaxy.
  • Keplar telescope

    Keplar telescope

    The Keplar telescope was a telescope in space made to find life on other planets.