Everything about the telescope
Chapter 1
The birth of looking closer
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Chapter 2
Bending and bouncing light
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Chapter 3
Beyond the visible rainbow
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Chapter 4
Leaving Earth behind
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Chapter 5
The global eyes of tomorrow
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Everything about the telescope
Ch 1 · The birth of looking closer
teacher Two tiny lenses of glass and the edge of the world is right in front of our eyes.
Fun Fact
Early glass lenses: Early telescopes used green-tinted glass meant for spectacles, which made stars look blurry and surrounded by colorful rainbow halos.
Glossary
telescope (noun)
An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer by using lenses or curved mirrors. Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey filed the first patent for this magnifying device in October 1608.
An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer by using lenses or curved mirrors. Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey filed the first patent for this magnifying device in October 1608.
Quiz
In what year did Galileo Galilei first point his improved telescope at the night sky?