The view of Mars through earthly telescopes suggested that all was serene.
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Telescopes
Synonyms for "telescopes" (7 found)
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7 entriesextending segmentmilestone overlapphase overlapreflecting telescoperefracting telescopesliding tubespace telescope
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12 entriesadjustable lengthastronomical telescopeextension lengthground-based telescopeoptical telescopephase overlapreflecting telescoperefracting telescoperetractable tubesliding jointspace telescopetelescoping mechanism
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So late as 1610, Galileo, a Florentine, discovered and introduced the use of telescopes, and by applying them to observe the motions and appearances of the heavenly bodies, afforded additional means for ascertaining the true structure of the universe.
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Before astronomers had telescopes, they could only use quadrants to map objects in the sky.
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For centuries, astronomers believed that the Milky Way made up the entire universe. Hubble was among the first to show that the fuzzy patches in the sky seen through telescopes were other galaxies, not distant parts of the Milky Way.
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