The+Telescope

** By Milly Shell **
 * __The Telescope__ **
 * The telescope nowadays is used to to get a close up view of the stars and planets, though it was originally used by merchants to see upcoming trade ships in order to beat out the competition. The telescope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershey ; though people say Galileo invented the telescope but he was purely the first person to use the telescope to look at the planets. [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/cGjD7_D3LHjLdshrjfTkytaTqRGUemlRRonelxULnIRweFuKDkP0oI_hkLYnHgF9KC8ZMoSmNlwA3Mv9V0Bu6zsIbX7Cy-2SxCB_cWq7eCfG5PhB4hmuC4gV3U7Aw2_NXw width="178px;" height="134px;"]]**


 * There are generally two different types of telescopes: The refractor telescope that uses lenses to make things larger like glasses or the reflector telescope that uses mirrors. The main mirror/lense collects lots of light and brings the image into focus. The eyepiece lens takes the large amount of light and and spreads it out, magnifying it. **