telescope
instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects
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Summary
telescope is an invention[1]. telescope draws 5,689 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #7 of 40).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Hans Lippershay[3], Zaccarias Janssen[4], Jacob Metius[5]
- Named after: aerial telescope[6]
- Subclass of: optical instrument[7], astronomical instrument[8]
- Commons category: Telescopes[9]
- Unicode character: 🔭[10]
- Has part(s): lens[11]
- Inception: 1607[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Telescopes[13]
- Commons gallery: Telescope[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: man_made=telescope[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox telescope[22]
- Different from: Teleskop[23], Telescopium[24]
- History of topic: history of the telescope[25]
- Connects with: telescope mount[26]
- Practiced by: telescope maker[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for telescope include telescoping[29], a quality[30].
Why It Matters
telescope has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] telescope is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for telescope include telescoping[29], a quality[30].