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German astrologerJohannes Kepler comes up with the idea of a refracting astronomical telescope made of two convex lenses in his works Dioptrice, Catoptrics and Astronomiae Pars Optica. Also known as the Keplerian telescope.

Portugese use of a telescope in the Battle of Guaxanduba between Portugese and French forces.
English sea captain John Saris gives a telescope to Japanese official Matsura Hoin on the first voyage to Japan for seeking trade.

German Jesuit father Christoph Scheiner builds the modern terrestrial astronomical telescope based on the theory of Kepler.
Italian Jesuit physicist Niccolo Zucchi builds the concave reflecting telescope.

Christopher Scheiner builds the helioscope or heliotropii telioscopici to discover sunspots.

German Jesuit missionary Johannes Schreck introduces the telescope in China.
Dutch astronomer Willebrord Snell or Snellius discovers the Law of Refraction aka Snell's Law or Descartes' Law.

Niccolo Zucchi discovers belts on the surface of Jupiter.
Christoph Scheiner writes on sunspots in his Rosa Ursina sive Sol while describing the working of his Keplerian telescope.

Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands is established.

Italian mathematician Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri examines the possibilities for a reflecting telescope with a listening device in his Specchio Ustoria or On Burning Mirrors.

French philosopher Rene Descartes writes about telecopes and optics in the book Traite du Monde ou de la Lumiere.

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Bibliography of the Telescope Timeline 3

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Sipiera, D (1998). The Hubble Space Telescope.
Mosley, M (1998). Stargazing with Binoculars and Telescopes. Roxbury Park.
Barnes-Svarney, P L and Porcellino, M R (1999). Through the Telescope - A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer, Revised Edition. A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer.
Gribbin, J and Goodwin, S (1999). Deep Space New Pictures from the Hubble Space.
Moore, P and Walker, C (1999). Astronomy Before the Telescope.
Scagell, R (2000). Philip's Stargazing.

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