The difference was.....

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Raoul — 8/5/2009 8:22:52 PM (archived)

Harriot had no idea he was seeing mountains, craters, relief...

Galileo was aware the Moon had all those familiar structures...

This awareness made Galileo's drawings much more precise.

What you guess in what you see affects your rendition of it.

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August 5 !!!!!!!!!!!! - Raoul - 8/5/2009 5:37:04 AM
- Was one observer just a better artist or something else? - Socrates II - 8/5/2009 5:56:02 PM
  - Harriot's telescope was about 6 power; Galileo's was about 20. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/5/2009 8:41:04 PM
  - The difference was..... - Raoul - 8/5/2009 8:22:52 PM
    - Mirror Moon - Socrates II - 8/5/2009 8:55:58 PM

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