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	Sidereus Nuncius -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was the first scientific treatise based on observations made through a (A magnifier of images of distant objects) telescope.
		Also, when he observed some of the "nebulous" stars in the (additional info and facts about Ptolemaic) Ptolemaic star catalogue, he saw that rather than being cloudy, they were made of many small stars.
		At the time of its publication, Galileo was a mathematician at the University of (A city in Veneto) Padua, and he had recently received a lifetime contract for his work at building more powerful telescopes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sidereus_nuncius.htm (348 words)

	An Annotated History Timeline of Modern Science [encyclopedia] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Galileo developed a series of improved telescopes and became the first to view the craters and mountains of the Moon, the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, sunspots, and proved the Milky Way was made up of a multitude of stars.
		He announced these discoveries in Sidereus nuncius, and seems at this time to have become convinced of the correctness of Copernicus's theory.
		Also seeking to solve the navigational problem caused by the variability of the time value of a degree of longitude, he calculated tables showing the appearance and disappearance of Jupiter's moons.
	kosmoi.com /Science/History (2748 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Galileo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He Entered The University Of Pisa In 1581 To Study Medicine....
		1610 Published The Findings Above In A Book Called Sidereus Nuncius The Sidereal Messenger....
		See Craters On The moon, Which Was Previously Thought To Be A Smooth Sphere....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/2502.html (2245 words)

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