Galileo's telescope - From the workshop to the stars

History


	The invention

	From the workshop to the stars

	The Keplerian telescope

	The tube and the housing of the optical parts

	Chromatic aberration

	Reflecting telescopes

	Timeline

	Test

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Biographies
	Galileo Galilei	Christiaan Huygens
Instruments
	Galileo's telescope (inv. 2427)	Galileo's telescope (inv. 2428)
Glossary
	Galilean telescope
Digital Library
	Galileo Galilei, Sidereus Nuncius