Starry Messenger

<Tab/>In his book, Starry Messenger, published in 1610, Galileo wrote about his very important observations of the sky above. By use of a telescope he made himself, improving greatly on the models available in his day, he was able to see things that could never before be seen. His telescope was far more powerful than anything that had been available up to that point, and when coupled with his observational skills, proved to be a huge step forward in the field of astronomy.
<Tab/>By observing the moon, Galileo was able to see that the surface of the moon was no…