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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.