How Telescopes Work:
A Short Video
Cool Links!
NASA's Brief History of Telescopes - A Very short history of telescopes from Galileo to the present.
Different Types of Telescopes - Pictures and information on the various types of telescopes used in astronomy both today and throughout history.
Sky and Telescope - Contains information about events in the night sky, tips on stargazing, astronomy in the news, and more.
Yerkes Observatory - Located right here in Wisconsin, Yerkes is the home to the largest refracting telescope in the world!
VIDEO: Earth's Largest Solar Telescope takes Awesome Hi-Def Images of Sun
Professor Kyle Cudworth near the 44 inch telescope at Yerkes Observatory. He is positioned where the detectors (photographic plates or eyes) are placed,