Project for the International Year Of Astronomy 2009

"Galileo Galilei's Telescopes"    

 

The "Galileo Galilei's Telescope" project has been presented from "FOAM 13" in the  occasion of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 announced by the UNESCO. Antonio Paganoni, who is the responsible of the sundials in "FOAM 13", is the responsible of this project. Antonio Paganoni has built a faithful copy of the Galileo Galilei's Telescope used at the end of 1609. 

Antonio Paganoni's work has been really hard and challenging cause the whole structure of the telescope, which has a 203mm diametre and a f/9 focal , is made with wood. 

I'm really proud of having such  competent colleagues.

 

The President of  "FOAM 13" 

Roberto Crippa

 

 First Step: Building of the 203mm - f/9:
 Wodden planking for the central coloumn  Sticked plankings The base of the Telescope The rotation coloumn
The rotation coloumn

 

 The competed coloumn Smoothed coloumn The Paganoni's lathe with the coloumn
Working tools Plankings Stiked plankings Stiked plankings
The two parts that will be stiked in order to obtain the optic pipe The wodden motofocus Coupling for the altzimut movement The altazimut movement
The wodden legs Wodden base Legs with the base Tripod
Wodden tripod  Smoothed optic pipe The optic pipe The optic pipe
The lens hood The smoothed lens hood
The azimut control Painting

The telescope was presented at the

Sixth show of the craftmanship of Varese   
The parts of the telescope are dryng Polishing
The telescope ready to be driven to the show

The Antonio Paganoni's expositive sign 

 Antonio Paganoni in front of his creation The Telescope
The 203 mm diametre lens Antonio Paganoni  Focus on the telescope Francesco Fumagalli 
Maria Crippa and the Telescope From left to right Giuseppe Macalli, Antonio Paganoni, Roberto Crippa, Maria Modena. Some schoolmates are admiring Paganoni's telescope 

From left to right:Paolo Bardelli, Antonio Paganoni, Diego De Gasperin, Alberto Brunatti.

From left to right:Antonio Paganoni,Alberto Brunatti.Diego De Gasperin, Paolo Bardelli,  

 

 

 First Sky 203mm - f/9:

The "First Sky" of the incredible telescope was on the terrace of the observatory the 13th November 2009 the quality of the lenses was immediately noticed and it was very easy to use, Saturn was very clear at 300 enlargements.
 

 

 

Second Step, building of the exact copy of Galileo Galilei's telescope:

 Virginia island on Varese's lake seen from the copy of Galileo Galilei's Telescope made by Antonio Paganoni.

 You can easily see a bench on it.

Galileo Galilei's telescope with a structure to make the observation easier

.First Sky of Galileo Galiei's Telescope:
MOON
VENUS
JUPITER SATURN

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