Question

Which telescope was first used to observe the skies?

Answer 1

ᴏᴩᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴇʟᴇꜱᴄᴏᴩᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴜᴅy ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ꜱᴋy. ɢᴀʟɪʟᴇᴏ ɢᴀʟɪʟᴇɪ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʟᴇꜱᴄᴏᴩᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱyꜱᴛᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟy ᴛᴏ ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴄᴇʟᴇꜱᴛɪᴀʟ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪᴇꜱ.

Answer 2

• The science of astronomy took a huge leap forward in the first decade of the 1600s with the invention of the optical telescope and its use to study the night sky. Galileo Galilei did not invent the telescope but was the first to use it systematically to observe celestial objects and record his discoveries.