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The telescope was invented first in 1608. If you want to know more about the telescope see related links below.
Though there is some conflict over who, exactly, invented the first telescope, the earliest working models seem to have been invented by Hans Lippershy in 1608. Just a year later, Galileo was using these devices to do incredible research, helping him discover that the sun was rotating-- fully convincing them that the Heavens were governed by predictible movement, leading to his later assertion that the Earth moves around the sun. This timely invention played a vital part in our intellectual history.
Galileo built a 20 power telescope, the first telescope capable of being used for astronomy, in 1609.

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