伽利略并没有发明望远镜，但在1609年听到有人制造了这种光学仪器后，他很快用管风琴管和眼镜镜片制造了自己的望远镜。
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle lenses.
16世纪晚期，荷兰的一个眼镜工匠汉斯·利伯希(Hans Lippershey)申请了第一个望远镜专利，声称发明了一个能使地球上远处的物体看起来更近的装置。
In the late 16th century, Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass-maker in Holland, applied for the first telescope patent, claiming invention of a device that made distant objects on Earth appear closer.
在任何情况下无论是通过望远镜，双筒望眼镜还是照相机观看日食都是不安全的。
Observing the eclipse directly through a telescope, binoculars or camera is not safe under any circumstances.
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