The more I know of astronomy, the more I believe in God.
Astronauts - Astronomy Quotes
What we need is a big telescope in every village and hamlet and some bloke there with that fire in his eye who can show something of the glory the world sails in. (inventor of the Dobsonian telescope and “guiding light” to amateur astronomers)
In this matter, it behooves all those who wish to make such observations to be forewarned. For it is necessary first that they prepare a most accurate glass that shows objects brightly, distinctly, and not veiled by any obscurity; and second that it multiply them at least four hundred times and show them twenty times […]
