History Of Telescopes

First Idea Of A Telescope

1608

Hans Lippershey, a German-Dutch man wanted to make an instrument " for seeing things far away as they were nearby."

First Telescope Idea

1608

Hans Lippershey a German-Dutch man came up with the idea of an instrument "for seeing things far away as they were nearby."

First Telescope

1609

Galileo Galilei built the first telescope. He discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons.

First Telescope

1609

Galileo Galilei made the first telescope and discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter.

Magnifying Mirror

1616

Italian priest Niccolo Zucchi made a concaved mirror to magnify objects.

First Non-distorted Telescope

1630

German priest Christoph Scheiner built a telescope that has a convex lens instead of concave lens like Galileo. This reduced distortion.

Most Powerful Telescope

1655

Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens built the most powerful telescope and saw all planets in our solar system. He found a bright moon around Saturn and called it "Saturni Luna".

First Hyperbolic and Parabolic Mirrors

1672

Laurent Cassegrain, a Catholic priest from France made a telescope with hyperbolic and parabolic mirrors.

Reducing Chromatic Aberration Is Possible

1729

Chester Moore Hall made a lens to reduce chromatic abberation is possible, proving Sir Isaac Newton's statement that the problem of chromatic aberration cannot be solved was incorrect.

First Giant Reflector Telescope Is Made

1789

UK Astronomer William Herschel built a Newtonian based reflecot telescope that was 12-meters.