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Eyepiece of our replica of Galileo's internationally famous telescope IMSS inv #2428
The  replica of Galileo telescope we fabricated
now at  the very beautiful Griffith Observatory ready to do its job for the museum's staff  to help you appreciate and learn even more about the value of science. It's ever so gently  being
held by Mark Pine the Deputy Executive
Director of the "Friends of  The Observatory".

The  replica  telescope we built  on display at the Griffith Observatory We  copied  the photo from  The Wikipedia
We touched up the photo  The label  on Wikipedia site is incorrect. It is not a replica of the first telescope  used by Galileo The first telescope has not been found yet.


Below  an extraordinary set of photos showing the world's most exact and complete replicas of the two existing Galilean Telescope at IMSS mounted together on a working modern refractor. In the center are the originals at IMSS Florence Italy.

Click here to see additional details  of the mount used to hold these telescopes
 

Originals
Eyepiece end The originals at IMSS Florance Italy Objective end. The telescopes were ,mounted on a modern refractor for comparing the images and illustrating the mechanical differences.
 

Samples of the Media's Interest

The objective end of our replica showing the  layers of planking that make up the lens holder. The gold decoration has not been applied yet.  Steven A. Simpson photographer of the magazine "Night Sky" taking picture of the  objective end of our replica without the gold decorations for an article by Jim Quinn "Stargazing with Galileo". May/June issue "Night Sky".

One of our two replicas of Galileo's Telescope being filmed on set for its first public appearance on Cable TV From left to right are director of photography Boyd Estus of Heliotrope Studios Ltd., Hunter Ellis host of the History Channel's "Man Motion. Machines" Series and Rhoda and Jim Morris of scitechantiques.com co-maker of the telescope

 

Note the Camera/Telescope set-up for filming the image as actually seen through the replica of Galileo's telescope We had to make a special mount to couple the very fragile very rare 12 oz telescope to the very expensive 42 pound camera to give the TV audience a feeling for the image quality Galileo worked with as he scanned around the neighborhood through the astounding instrument that brought the "far away so much closer"

Filming one of the scenes of Jim Morris and Hunter Ellis chatting about Galileo's telescope and how it works

 

The three dimensions of science Time, length, and mass  without  them darkness prevails.

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