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Old July 7th 06, 10:57 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Arnold
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Default Galileo and solar observing

While reading Willie R. Meghar's post (04 Jul 2006) on Solar Astronomy,
I started to wonder :

Do we know if Galileo looked at the sun using his early telescopes?
What kind of filters / shielding did he use to prevent eye damage?

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