the telescope By bryce was here Jan 1, 1609 galilao invented the first working telecope Jan 1, 1670 in danzig, johannis hevelius created a 150 ft long telescope held up by ropes and a pole Jan 1, 1789 sir william herschel discovered uranus Jan 1, 1840 john william draper created the first picture of the moon Jan 1, 1845 lord rosse constructed his reflecting telescope Jan 1, 1882 the us naval observatory in washington dc sent eight observing missions around the world Jan 1, 1897 14 foot telescope at yerkes observatory Jan 1, 1917 the hooker telescope saw first light at the mt wilson observatory in california Jan 1, 1930 clyde tombaugh discovered pluto the outer most planet in the milky way Jun 4, 1945 200 inch hale telescope on polomar mountain in california Jan 1, 2005 twin mirrored binacular saw first light in arizona