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Telescope Timeline
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Galileo Galiei
Galileo Galilei invented a refractor telescope and turned it to the skies -
Johannes Kepler
Describes the optics of convex lenses -
Niccolo Zucchi
The first refractor if constructed. -
Sir Isaac Newton
The the first workable reflector telescope is built -
John Hadley
The first gregorian telescope is built -
Chester Hall
The first achromatic lenses are built it improved the performance of the reflector telescopes. -
William Hershall
The largest telescope of these times was built -
Dimirti Dmitrivech Maksutov
He invented the Maksutov telescope