telescope

Summary

telescope is an invention^[1]. telescope draws 1,901 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #7 of 40).^[2]

Key Facts

• telescope is credited with the discovery of Hans Lippershay^[3].
• telescope is credited with the discovery of Zaccarias Janssen^[4].
• telescope is credited with the discovery of Jacob Metius^[5].
• telescope's instance of is recorded as invention^[6].
• aerial telescope is named after telescope^[7].
• telescope is a type of optical instrument^[8].
• telescope is a type of astronomical instrument^[9].
• telescope's Commons category is recorded as Telescopes^[10].
• telescope's Unicode character is recorded as 🔭^[11].
• telescope comprises lens^[12].
• 1607 marks the founding of telescope^[13].
• telescope's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Telescopes^[14].
• telescope's Commons gallery is recorded as Telescope^[15].
• telescope's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=telescope^[16].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[18].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[19].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[20].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[21].
• telescope's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• telescope's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox telescope^[23].
• telescope's different from is recorded as Teleskop^[24].
• telescope's different from is recorded as Telescopium^[25].
• telescope's history of topic is recorded as history of the telescope^[26].
• telescope's connects with is recorded as telescope mount^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

telescope's instance of is recorded as invention^[6].

History and Context

1607 marks the founding of telescope^[13]. aerial telescope is named after telescope^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for telescope include telescoping^[28], a quality^[29].

Why It Matters

telescope draws 1,901 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #7 of 40).^[2] telescope has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] telescope is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for telescope include telescoping^[28], a quality^[29].