The Telescope has a four hundred year history and in this time there have been a lot of astronomers and telescope makers who have built telescopes, made discoveries and advanced astronomy in remarkable ways. These links are to articles written on this website about many of these famous people. This is a list that is […]
Category: Astronomers
Edwin Hubble (1889 – 1953) The Universe is a lot bigger than we think! You have probably heard of the Hubble Telescope. But you might not know much about the man it was named after. His name is Edwin Hubble and it is very fitting that they named the Hubble Space Telescope after him. I […]
Fig 1: Lord Rosse (William Parsons) (1800 – 1867) The art and science of astronomy was still a novice subject and rising field in the 19th century. We do not find a lot of professional astronomers at that time. It was then studied mostly by the amateur astronomers though with full passions. Lord Ross (William […]
The Gregorian Telescope Fig 1: James Gregory The Gregorian Telescope is basically a reflector telescope invented and designed by well known 17th century mathematician and astronomer James Gregory (1638-1675). He was born in Scotland and was a contemporary of Sir Isaac Newton. Both the scientists worked together on different projects. However, Gregory had proposed the […]
The 17th Century Giant Telescopes built by Christian Huygens Fig 1: A giant telescope Christiaan Huygens made in the 17th Century Christian Huygens, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 17th Century, was born in Holland in 1629. He grew a more profound understanding not only of mathematics but also of mechanical devices and kept […]
How Newtonian Telescope Changed the View of the World Fig 1: Newton’s reflecting telescope displayed to the Royal society We all know that the Newtonian telescope did not contribute to discovering any new celestial objects, but it did change our view of the universe. Here we will focus on this popular telescope and some other […]
Astronomer Johannes Kepler wanted to be a Minister ! Short Biography of Johannes Kepler. Though most of us know the name Johannes Kepler as a great scientist of Physics and Astronomy, his childhood dream was to be a Minister! Besides, he was a famous astrologer and was paid for his astrological suggestions! In the […]