Telescope

and that it’s expanding. His research was very remarkable that he had a telescope with his name. Since Edwin established the scale of the universe and laid the observational basis, he helped us understand what are galaxies like in the universe. To start off, Edwin noticed a Cepheid variable in the Andromeda Nebula which is known to astronomers as M31. For Edwin to obtain his photographs, he used Mount Wilson 100-inch telescope. Once he found his variables and determined their periods and…

towards each other although the thought of gravity had not been uncovered. This pull lead to the set amount of space between each planet. Kepler had also made discoveries about the sudden appearance of stars. One night he was watching through his telescope and observed the sudden appearance of light where he had not seen any before. He wondered why this occurred and figured out that it was because the light took time for it to travel all the way from the star to Earth’s atmosphere (Gregersen,…

July 15 our astronomy lab met on the roof of Kimpel Hall to observe several objects in our night’s sky. Using a 10-inch diameter telescope we were lucky enough to have a mostly clear sky to view in this order: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon. Viewing these celestial bodies in person is truly one of the most exciting and core tenets of astronomy. With our telescope we were able to see firsthand and notice some of the distinct characteristics of the different objects. First we looked at our…

the egg? Obviously the egg. You can't have a chicken if you don't have an egg. Since copernicus first invented and researched his idea, he had more of an impact than galileo who added onto copernicus. If copernicus never had this idea, galileo's telescope could have never been hatched aka invented. Now it's not that Galileo Isn't important, it's just that copernicus had more of an impact with his heliocentric theory whereas galileo improved the idea. copernicus's heliocentric view, that the sun…

Now known as the Hubble Space Telescope, the telescope is one of the largest and best in the world, transmitting valuable data and pictures to astronomers on Earth. On 6 March 2008, the U.S. Postal Service released a 41-cent stamp honoring the work of Hubble on a sheet of stamps called “American…

With his love of mathematics he tutored for 4 years strait eventually, in 1589 he became a professor of mathematics of the University of Pisa. He started to question philosophy and scientific thought. In July of 1609, he learned about a simple telescope built by Dutch Eyeglass then,…

discuss nature through battles between reality and the wild perceptions of humans. The Good Morrow demonstrates the human perception of the world through the imaginary telescope of love and sex. The Blazing World demonstrates the struggle to revolutionize scientific methods with particularly the invention of a physical telescope, against remediate views of the time, criticizing the invention. Love and technology thus, are two major themes of the works presented, deriving the key word that will…

inventions. In 1609, Galileo Galilei heard about the "Dutch perspective glasses" and within days had designed one of his own, without ever seeing one. Telescopes have opened our eyes to the universe. Early telescopes showed that Earth was not the center of the universe, as was previously believed. They also showed mountains and craters on the moon. The telescope has revolutionized how we look at astronomy today and it has had a profound impact on overall scientific methodology, by allowing more…

watched the sky for the same object. After a time, they rented a telescope, Herschel would observe through it and Caroline would record the images he saw. Eventually Herschel surmised that the moving object was not a comet, but a planet. Herschel’s discovery was the first to be made in what was called…

music without having to leave their homes. On April 24, 1990, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle Discovery is launched and brings the Hubble Telescope into space. On April 25, 1990, the Hubble is deployed into orbit by the space shuttle crew. The Hubble gets its name from the astronomer Edwin Hubble. The telescope has a 2.4 meter mirror which helps it see far out into space. The Hubble took its first image on May 20, 1990. After analyzing the Hubble’s first images that…