The history of telescopes

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  • Hans lippershey creates first telescope

    Hans lippershey creates first telescope
    Using two glass lenses lined up perfectly, Hans lippershey creates the first telescope.

  • Galileo looks through his telescope

    Galileo looks through his telescope
    Galileo sees farther into the sky with his new and improved telescope.

  • Newton creates first reflecting telescope

    Newton creates first reflecting telescope
    Using perfectly angled mirrors, Isaac newton creates the first reflecting telescope.

  • William Hershal discovers uranus

    William Hershal discovers uranus
    Using his new telescope, William Hershal sees further into space then ever before and sees Uranus.

  • Mount Wilson observatory

    Mount Wilson observatory
    Hubble discovers new galaxies and the redshift on mount wilson.

  • Penzius and Wilson

    Penzius and Wilson
    In 1964, Penzius and Wilson accidentaly discovers cosmic microwave background radiantion.

  • THe hubble space telescope

    THe hubble space telescope
    Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space telescope is one of the greatest telescopes to this day.

  • WMAP

    WMAP
    The Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe was a spacecraft that measured temperatures across the galaxy.

  • Keplar telescope

    Keplar telescope
    The Keplar telescope was a telescope in space made to find life on other planets.