Yesterday at the Sonnenborgh Observatory in Utrecht, we were able to look through a replica telescope that is similar to what Galileo may have used. When looking through it, I gained a much larger appreciation for all of the discoveries that he made looking up at the stars. Just trying to get a really good look at the moon was fairly difficult for me. The view through the telescope was fairly small and also the slightest movement would throw off the view.
Even when we were able to get a good view of the moon, the level of detail wasn't as large as I would have expected to be able to make out the details Galileo found.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how they kept as steady when standing with the telescopes back then. They were really hard to keep in one spot.
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