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Introduction to Astronomy and Its History

Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects like planets, stars, galaxies, and more. It was previously studied through astrology but now uses scientific methods. Key figures like Galileo and Ibn al-Haytham made early contributions by inventing tools like telescopes and pinhole cameras to better observe astronomical phenomena.

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Introduction to Astronomy and Its History

Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects like planets, stars, galaxies, and more. It was previously studied through astrology but now uses scientific methods. Key figures like Galileo and Ibn al-Haytham made early contributions by inventing tools like telescopes and pinhole cameras to better observe astronomical phenomena.

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ASTRONOMY

Astronomy-observation the sky, in a clear night, is full of illuminating dots and has always been
a subject of study since ancient times. Previously, people related the motion of objects in the sky
to major events and affairs on the Earth. This field of study was called astrology, but today we
learn about the sky and space objects in a scientific way. Today the study of planets, Sun, moons,
stars, galaxies, asteroids, comets, black holes, and other celestial objects is called astronomy.

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Galileo Galilei was the first person to study space objects with his own invented telescope.

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The first human to form the image of a solar eclipse was Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen). He formed
the image with the help of his invented device, called the pinhole camera.

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