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____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. Name __________________________ Telescope Timeline Period _____ Date _______________ Date (oldest to most recent) Important event in the history of telescopes

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Page 1: ____1. Complete the data table with the information from the picture page. ____2. How many years does each section of the timeline represent? _______________.

____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.

Name __________________________Telescope Timeline Period _____ Date _______________

Date (oldest to most recent) Important event in the history of telescopes

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1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

History of the Telescope Timeline

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Hans Lipperhey Invents Refracting Telescope(1608)

Galileo DiscoversJupiter’s Moons withImproved RefractingTelescope(1610)

Newton PerfectsReflecting Telescope(1668)

First RadioTelescope (1937)

Hadley MakesLarger MirrorsFor ReflectingTelescopes (1721)

Telescope Timeline

1600’s 1700’s 1800’s 1900’s

Hubble SpaceTelescope Launched (1990)

First OrbitingX-Ray TelescopeLaunched (1978)

Bigger and BetterTelescopes Built(1800’s)

Hans Lipperhey