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Galileo Galilei’s First Drawings of the Moon After Seeing It Through the Telescope in 1609 (lemmy.world)
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[–] palitu@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really cool. Are there any details about it?

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here's the article on the pamphlet that Galileo published the pictures in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius

[–] palitu@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks, interesting read.

Can you imagine seeing for the first time Jupiter through a telescope?

And then he was put under house arrest by the catholic Church!