[SunkenCiv]

Galileo's telescope at 400

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[NormsRevenge]

I marvel at those who did so much discovery with so little in the way of instruments. Cool stuff!

[dr_lew]

The mathematician soon acquired a Dutch instrument, and on August 25, 1609, he presented an improved, more powerful telescope of his own design to the senate of the city-state of Venice.

In THE ASSAYER Galileo makes the explicit claim that he constructed his telescope within days of hearing a description of its use only, and not its design, and without having examined or having seen any other telescope.

[NRPM]

Until Sep. 7 you can see one of Galileo’s telescopes at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia:

http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/traveling/galileo/

[tlb]

Galileo can make all the claims he wants about the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn, but you know darn well he was spending a lot of those nights at the telescope checking out the bedroom window of Maria Gambrelli.