HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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Who invented a Telescope that could see stars?
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Galileo Gallimimus
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Galileo Galilei
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Francis Bacon
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William Shakespeare
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was part of a small group of astronomers who turned telescopes towards the heavens. After hearing about the “Danish perspective glass” in 1609, Galileo constructed his own telescope. He subsequently demonstrated the telescope in Venice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Galileo sparked the birth of modern astronomy with his observations of the Moon, phases of Venus, moons around Jupiter, sunspots, and the news that seemingly countless individual stars make up the Milky Way Galaxy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Galileo was the first to see the Milky Way Galaxy in 1610 as individual stars through the telescope.
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