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Telescopes from the ground up

A site detailing the history of telescopes, from Galileo's telescope to the Spitzer space telescope.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/

Galileo 's telescope

An interesting site about galileo's telescope and the advances it brought about.

http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/telescopiogalileo/index.html

How to build a telescope

Instructions for building two simple telescopes.

http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/tele/tele.htm

Telescope Basics

Introduction to various types of telescopes: Galilean , Newtonian etc.

http://telescopemaking.org/basics.html

The Telescope Review Web Site

Contains many detailed reviews and related articles on telescopes and their use in astronomy.

http://www.scopereviews.com/

Why a telescope in space?

A series of images and questions about space telescopes such as hubble.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/galileo/galileo-to-hst1.html

The Galileo Project

Information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei and on the science and scientists of his time. A very comprehensive study with an invaluable searchable database. Encyclopedic!