Caesar CXXXVII Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 December 3rd 1621 - Galileo invents telescope so people could peek eachother exactly as David has done with Bathsheva 2,993 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I doubt you can pin that invention on a specific day. And in any case it had been around for over a decade by that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neil Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I doubt you can pin that invention on a specific day.And in any case it had been around for over a decade by that time. Indeed - Hans Lippershey of Holland is said to be the inventor, round about 1590, although it is thought to have been around before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) Talking of which, did anyone see the gorgeous three-way conjunction the other night of the new moon, Jupiter and Venus low in the SSW? Absolutely stunning - I've been watching the two planets getting closer every dusk, but I really wish I hadn't dumped my old four and a half inch reflector now - the conjunction would have been magnificent through the telescope. Edited December 4, 2008 by The Augusta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Talking of which, did anyone see the gorgeous three-way conjunction the other night of the new moon, Jupiter and Venus low in the SSW? Absolutely stunning - I've been watching the two planets getting closer every dusk, but I really wish I hadn't dumped my old four and a half inch reflector now - the conjunction would have been magnificent through the telescope. I missed it, damn. But I did catch the lunar eclipse back in February, and that was amazing. Does anyone here ever take pictures of these evening astonomical events? I'll bet they'd be gorgeous, captured like that. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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