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Keck Observatory
Galileo's telescopes
refractor at Lick Observatory
focal length of a lens
refracting telescope
telescope at Birr Castle
concave mirror
Newton's reflecting telescope
Cassegrain reflector
Schmidt telescope
Learn about Lord Rosse's Birr Leviathan telescope and its various important discoveries, the most important being the detailed observations of many nebulae at Birr Castle, Ireland
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Lewis Morris Rutherfurd.
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
American astrophysicist
Giuseppe Campani
Italian inventor

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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