Edwin Hubble's Telescope

One of the earliest and most utilized astronomical telescopes is the refracting telescope. Thanks to Galileo Galilei, the refracting telescope has been a very useful and prolific telescope in history of astronomy.

Now, let us put aside the discussion on the refracting telescope and instead talk about one of the most significant telescopes discovered in modern times - the Hubble telescope.

The Hubble telescope is appropriately named after the scientist Edwin Hubble, an astronomer who was able to determine that the universe is in a continuous process of expansion. This discovery about the expansion of the universe is a very important foundation of modern cosmology and astronomy, which ultimately gave reason for Hubble to be chosen for the honor of having the Hubble telescope named after him.

The Hubble permits star gazers and observers to look farther into the deep space than the previous astronomical telescopes. By moving over the Earth’s atmosphere, the Hubble telescope is able to observe space data much more vividly than if the observation is than from an Earth telescope. The Hubble Telescope is also able to look farther into the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums. With the observing platform moved farther to the open space, the Hubble telescope was afforded a clearer and better observation of the universe.