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Lippershey
Lippershey who was a lens maker came up with the idea of first making a telescope. He wanted to invent something that help you see things very far away. This resulted in the invention of the telescope.
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Galileo
In 1609 Galileo made his own version of Lippershey's telescope. His telescope was made out of wooden tubes and lenses. Galileo used lenses that further magnified the sky.
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Newton
The Newtonian telescope was a reflecting telescope. It is one of the earliest known reflecting telescope. The Newtonian uses 2 mirrors.
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Johannes Hevelius
Johannes built a reflecting telescope. The telescope was 150 feet long and was hung but ropes that were attached to a pole. It was made so big so you could see more magnified.
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Cassegrain
Cassegrain used paraboloid and hyperboloid mirrors in his version of the reflecting telescope. This telescope is still used now. The design is called Cassegrain.
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Sir William Herschel
William Herschel made a 40 foot telescope with funding from king George III. The telescope was last used in 1814. It didn't work very well because it was too big and heavy.
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John William Draper
John William: Draper took a picture of the moon by using the Daguerreotype process. He did this in 1840. This was one of the first pictures of the moon.
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Lord Rosse
Lord Rosse created a telescope known as Leviathan Parsonstown. It was constructed in 1845. The telescope had a six foot diameter mirror.
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Yerkes
This telescope was built in the Yerkes Observatory. It was finished in 1897. The telescope is 40 inches.
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Ritchey-Chretien
This telescope is a better new version od Cassegrain's telescope. It has an added secondary mirror. This elps eliminate errors.
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Edwin
This telescope, the Hooker was first used in 1917. It was in the Mount Wilson Observatory. Edwin Hubble’s telescope discovered the Andromida Nebula.
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Lowell
This telescope was used in the Lowell Observatory. It was 13 inches long. The telescope was the first to take pictures of pluto.
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Hale
The Hale telescope is 2oo inches. It has made a lot of large discoveries. The telescope is located on Plamor Mountain.
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BTA
BTA stands for Large Altazimuth Telescope. It was one of the first telescopes to computure control. It is located in Russia
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Hubble
Since placed into orbit in 1990 the telescope has been in use. This telescope has helped us find out about the lif and death of stars. With repares to the telescope it is still being used.
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LBT
LBT stands for Large Binocular Telescope. The LBT offers a better image than other telescopes. This telescope will help descover new things in the future.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/telescopes/telescopes-interactive
