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Galileo

Galileo

An illustration of Galileo discussing his theories at Padua University. Credit: De Agostini Picture Library / Getty Images Plus

Astronomers you should know Galileo Galilei

Justus Sustermans - Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636. Credit: Justus Sustermans - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC2700

A conversation with Galileo

A fresco by Giuseppe Bertini portraying Galileo showing the Doge of Venice how to use a telescope. Credit: Giuseppe Bertini / http://www.gabrielevanin.it/S.%20Marco%201609.htm / http://www.gabrielevanin.it/Bertini.jpg

The discovery of the Galilean moons

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