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Jan 1, 1000
Claudius Ptolemy
Ptolemy is the astronomists most known for his theory of the Earth being the center of the universe. (He actually lived in 90 AD, not 1000) -
Feb 19, 1437
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus is the astronomists most known for his theory of all the planets revolving arouns the sun. -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
Brahe is the astronomist most known for his theory that the sun was the center of the universe. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo is the astronomist most known for his discovry of Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Kepler was an astronomist most known for his discovery of Keplerian telescope. -
Moon gets photographed through a telescope
The first time the moon was photgraphed through a telescope was in 1609 (speific date: unknown) by Galileo on 20x magnification thorugh a telescope. -
The first reflecting telescope is built
Sir. Isaac Newton created the first reflecting telescope in 1668 (specific date: unkown) which was a prototype of a design that later became known as the "Newtonian Telescope." -
The first radio telescope was invented
In 1937 (specific date: unknown), was created by Grote Reber in his backyard in his small town of Wheaton, Illinois. -
The first telescope with multiple primary mirrors began observing
The first telescope with multiple mirrors was creayed in 1979 by Aden Meinel, but remade in 1998 by Roger Angel of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. -
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Timespan of Astronomers and Telescopes
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The hubble space telescope gets launched
The hubble space telescope was a telescope created by Edwin Powell Hubble and is still fully operatable after 25 years.
