Galileo Galilea
2006-10-26 04:19:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Originally, it was used to look far like binocular but they didn't have that at the time. Galileo was interested in astronomy, so he wanted to see if using the telescope would work, when looking up the sky, and it did!
2006-10-26 04:25:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
Well, in astronomy the luminosity of stars are described by its magnitude.
This system was originally developed by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus, he divided the stars into six different classes, - the brightest he then defined to have the magnitude 1, and the dimmest to have the magnitude 6. Even though we have systematized Hipparchus' original system a bit since, it is pretty much the same idea, the stars just visible on the sky (at the best conditions) have the magnitude 6.
With the use of the VLT in Chile astronomers can see stars with magnitude 30
The universe is a big place - without telescopes astronomy would have seized with the work done by Tycho Brahe in the 16'th century - The measurements he made are probably the best possible without a telescope.
2006-10-26 04:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jens F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has obvious military applications, like telescopic gun sight.
2006-10-26 06:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, some intelligent people (unlike you), wanted to see a little further than with their naked eyes.
I do not know why, since everything that we were meant to know is in the bible.
2006-10-26 04:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
to look in other peoples windows!
2006-10-26 04:26:43 · answer #5 · answered by teritjh62 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋