FratFiles

• Save Paper

The Telescope of the Astronomer
By: Marjan Syed
Years and Years ago, astronomers didn't have the advantage of the telescope. They could only use their naked eye. It wasn't until Galileo first made a better telescope that it could be used for looking into space. Most every telescope you buy today is better than the one he used. These telescopes have revolutionized astronomy in general.

When Galileo first took his telescope and looked at the sky he saw amazing things. He saw craters on the Moon, dark spots on the surface of the Sun, tiny moons moving around Jupiter. No one else had ever seen these things. With the modern telescopes we use today, we can see many many more things.

Light from planets, stars and galaxies spreads itself on Earth, and a telescope collects this light and lets us look at the object the light came from. Some telescopes, called refracting telescopes, collect and focus light through a glass lens. Another type, the reflecting telescopes, reflect light......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 409
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Tools Of The Astronomer
   

   Tools of the Astronomer The Telescope of the Astronomer By: Marjan Syed Years and Years ago, astronomers didn't have the advantage of the telescope. They could only use their

2. 8 Scientists
   

   of his observations in " De nova stella " in 1573 marked a transformation from a Danish astronomer to a world-renowned scientist. He soon built a new observatory on the island of

3. Our Universe
   

   sequence ending in a system composed of a central sun, planets and satellites. The German astronomer Johannes Kepler adopted the Copernican system and discovered that the planets

4. Science
   

   enormous influence on our lives. It provides the basis of much of modern technology--the tools,materials, techniques, and sources of power that make our lives and work easier. The

5. The Life And Times Of Issac Newton
   

   designed and constructed it, ground his own mirror, built the tube and even made his own tools for the job. Newton also proved that white light was a combination of all the colors