History of Telescopes

By Mtedros

  • Galileo Galilei used the first telescope

    Galileo Galilei was the first person to use a telescope to look at the night sky. Though the images were very small he was able to make out mountains and craters on the moon

  • Johannes Kepler made the first telescope

    He had created the first telescope to be used for astronomical purposes.

  • John Hadley worked on telescopes

    John Hadley had kept working on the designs of telescopes from 1720 to 1721 and started working on parabolic mirrors.

  • Yerkes Observatory built a telescope

    They built a telescope that was the biggest of its time with a 101.6cm refractor telescope

  • One of the most famous designs is created

    One of the most famous designs of telescopes was created. It is called Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.

  • First telescope launched into space

    The first telescope was launched into space onboard probe Uhuru. Which was the first gamma-ray telescope to ever be used.

  • Hubble telescope

    The Hubble Telescope was launched into the Earths orbit and became the most important telescope ever built

  • The South African Large Telescope achieves first life

    The telescope had achieved its first light with a mirror diameter of 10.4 meters.

  • Kelper telescope launched

    Kelper telescope launched into space with the goal of locating planets orbiting neighbouring stars with its 2.4m diameter mirror.