Who was the first to aim a telescope to the sky ?

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Raoul — 4/9/2009 6:03:47 PM (archived)

Not Galileo as we know Thomas Harriot did it before....But more people bought the telescopes since it was invented in Holland by Hans Lippershey....
So, we'll never know.
Galileo, however, was the first to publish what he saw!

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400 Years of the Telescope on PBS Television - Socrates II - 4/9/2009 5:39:51 PM
- Who was the first to aim a telescope to the sky ? - Raoul - 4/9/2009 6:03:47 PM
  - Leonardo da Vinci knew about the concept in 1508 - Socrates II - 4/9/2009 6:59:21 PM
    - Eyeglasses - Raoul - 4/9/2009 9:05:46 PM

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