History and Working of Telescopes

A telescope is an optical instrument that is used to make distant objects, such as stars and planets, appear nearer.

Hubble Space Telescope (Photo by NASA on Unsplash)

The word telescope is derived from two Greek words “tele” and “skopien”. Tele means “far” and Skopein means “to see”. So, telescope means “far-seeing”. It is designed in a way that focuses on the desired object…