00005 - The Hubble
No wonder that we consider the telescope to be one of the greatest inventions ever made , it connects the earthlings and the space. How amazing is that right ! This marvel dates back to 1608, when a Dutch eyeglass maker got an idea when his 2 kids were playing with lenses at his store. What do these telescopes do? Simple, it's an instrument used to see far away objects, like very far. Think that it's a zoom button in reality. There are different types of telescopes, widely classified as the following four: Refractor Telescope, Reflector Telescope, Dobsonian Telescope, Maksutov - Cassegrain Telescope. They're differentiated on basis of what's the main component which serves the function of the telescope. On Earth, there are many powerful telescopes and they're pretty amazing, but humans didn't stop; Since the atmosphere of Earth allows only some light blocking the rest, they started sending telescopes to space to get a clearer view of the far away galaxies, stars...
