Galileo & the Telescope

• Remarkable story of how science works

• 1609 -- Kepler’s Book “New Astronomy” Published

• April, 1609 Telescope first demonstrated in Holland

• May -- Galileo hears about telescope

• June -- Galileo has working 3 power model

• Summer -- first observations of the sky

• Autumn -- observing moon

• Jan. 9-15, 1610 -- first observation of moons of Jupiter

• April, 1610 -- Publication of “Starry Messenger” in Venice

• Summer, 1610 -- Confirmation by Kepler

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