This article appeared as the March 23, 2009 issue of Astronomy Beat, a publication for members of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
In 2009, we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning the telescope to the heavens. The International Year of Astronomy is in full swing, and April 2–5 astronomers, educators, and amateurs will be putting on 100 hours of astronomical webcasts, open houses, and star parties. There are bound to be many questions about Galileo, so we asked historian of astronomy Jim Lattis to help sort out some of the key issues about what Galileo did and did not do.
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This article appeared as the March 23, 2009 issue of Astronomy Beat, a publication for members of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
In 2009, we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning the telescope to the heavens. The International Year of Astronomy is in full swing, and April 2–5 astronomers, educators, and amateurs will be putting on 100 hours of astronomical webcasts, open houses, and star parties. There are bound to be many questions about Galileo, so we asked historian of astronomy Jim Lattis to help sort out some of the key issues about what Galileo did and did not do.
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