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Galileo - Father of Modern Astronomy

March 21 2010 18:43 UTC | Views: 389 | Comments: 0
Posted by: Kochava in Sky Safari Slideshow

1) Portrait of Galileo Galilei in 1636
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2) "Galileo's Lamp" in the Dome of the Pisa Cathedral
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3) Galileo's daughter Virginia (Sister Maria Celeste)
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4) Galileo's Geometrical and Military Compass
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5) A Replica of Galileo's Telescope
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6) Galileo's Drawings of the Moon's Craters
picture credit:  IMSS (Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence, Italy)





7) Galileo's Notes on His Observations of Jupiter's Moons
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8) Phases of Venus
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9) Phases of Venus Relative to Its Orbit
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10) Galileo's Drawings of Venus and Saturn
picture credit:  IMSS (Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence, Italy)





11) Galileo's Drawings of Sunspots
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12) Painting (from 1857) of Galileo Facing the Inquisition

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13) Painting (from 1892) of Galileo and his student,          Vincenzio Viviani
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