Here's How Galileo Sketched the Moon as Seen Through His Telescope in 1609 - My Modern Met

These drawings aren't an artist rendering. They are by Galileo himself!

Galileo's sketches of the Moon from Sidereus Nuncius, published in March 1610. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) Astronomer Galileo Galilei is famous for advocating the heliocentric model of… [+2257 chars]

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