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title: "Telescopic facts"  
description: "A basic explanation of the telescope and its interesting invention"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-11  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2854/telescopic-facts  
category: "science and technology"  
tags: ["Telescope", "Galileo Galilei", "general knowledge", "foods"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Telescopic facts

![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/230ba021-9a65-4d71-9d0e-6f597b1b58a2.jpeg) ![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/b2605a76-08db-479a-b57a-935cd1293aef.jpeg) In 1608 the first known telescope was invented in the Netherlands. ![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/373c0cc6-05e3-446c-9b79-47ec41fdadfb.jpeg) A pioneering astronomer, Galileo Galilei, used a telescope to explore the night sky, discovering Jupiter's moons, Venus' phases, & the Moon's craters. ![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/989d90a7-615e-4580-a80b-2cd0db15b126.jpeg) The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), located in La Palma in the Canary Islands, is the world's largest telescope. ![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/85507bce-b858-4bc6-9fee-b45d6e597cc7.jpeg) The Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990, made key discoveries, including the first photos of exoplanets and evidence of the universe. ![Telescopic facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/7230cbeb-a613-4a00-91bf-4077e973b323/images/23278f7f-a167-48dc-a0b4-f55b9b9feef1.jpeg) The James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch in December 2021, is expected to make significant discoveries about the universe.

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