Aug 19

Optical Telescopes, Radio and X: main principles and differences – Part One: optical telescopes

Seeing Beyond Since the beginning of astronomical observations in antiquity, humans sought a way to enhance the light-gathering capabilities of our eyes. Initially, the focus was on the visible spectrum: it appears that in the early 1600s, the first telescopes were already circulating in the Netherlands, although not for scientific-astronomical use. It was only in […]