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1 Name __________________________
Telescope Timeline Period _____ Date _______________ ____1. Complete the data table with the information from the picture page. ____2. How many years does each section of the timeline represent? _______________ ____3. What is the length of each section? _______________ ____4. What length would represent 200 years? _______________ ____5. What length would represent 10 years? _______________ ____6. Put a small mark on the timeline at every 10 years. _______________ ____7. Mark and label the dates for the major events in the history of telescopes on the timeline. ____8. Glue the picture by the dates. You will have to put some pictures above and some below the timeline. Date (oldest to most recent) Important event in the history of telescopes

2 History of the Telescope Timeline
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 1

3 (1668) Newton Perfects Reflecting Telescope (1978) X-Ray Telescope Launched (1721) Hadley Makes Larger Mirrors For Reflecting Telescopes (1937) First Radio Telescope (1990) Hubble Space Telescope Launched (1609) Lipperhey Invents Refracting Telescope (1800’S) Bigger and Better Telescopes Built (1610) Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons with Improved Refracting Telescope

4 Telescope Timeline 1600’s 1700’s 1800’s 1900’s Hans Lipperhey
Invents Refracting Telescope (1608) Hubble Space Telescope Launched (1990) Newton Perfects Reflecting Telescope (1668) First Radio Telescope (1937) Hans Lipperhey 1600’s 1700’s 1800’s 1900’s Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons with Improved Refracting Telescope (1610) Hadley Makes Larger Mirrors For Reflecting Telescopes (1721) Bigger and Better Telescopes Built (1800’s) First Orbiting X-Ray Telescope Launched (1978)


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