the first telescope was used to observe space in 1608.
the first telescope was used to observe space in 1608.
when was the first telescope used to observe space?
1608
bullet::::- 1590 — earliest date of a claimed hans martens/zacharias janssen invention of the compound microscope (claim made in 1655).









































bullet::::- after 1609 — galileo galilei is described as being able to close focus his telescope to view small objects close up and/or looking through the wrong end in reverse to magnify small objects. a telescope used in this fashion is the same as a compound microscope but historians debate whether galileo was magnifying small objects or viewing near by objects with his terrestrial telescope (convex objective/concave eyepiece) reversed.
timeline of microscope technology
bullet::::- nodo – ("telescope") nasa orbital debris observatory, "a now-defunct telescope used to observe space junk and other objects"









































bullet::::- not – ("telescope") nordic telescope









































bullet::::- nps – ("celestial object") north polar sequence, "a series of stars near the north celestial pole once used as standards for measuring magnitudes"









































bullet::::- nral nuffield radio astronomy laboratory – the former name for jodrell









































bullet::::- nrao – ("organization") national radio astronomy observatory









































bullet::::- nrl – ("organization") naval research laboratory









































bullet::::- ns – ("celestial object") neutron star









































bullet::::- nsf – ("organization") national science foundation









































bullet::::- nso – ("organization") national solar observatory
list of astronomy acronyms