Editing Refracting telescope (section)

==Invention==
{{Main|History of the telescope}}
Refractors were the earliest type of [[optical telescope]]. The first record of a refracting telescope appeared in the [[Netherlands]] about 1608, when a spectacle maker from [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]] named [[Hans Lippershey]] unsuccessfully tried to patent one.<ref>Albert Van Helden, Sven Dupré, Rob van Gent, The Origins of the Telescope, Amsterdam University Press, 2010, pages 3-4, 15</ref> News of the patent spread fast and [[Galileo Galilei]], happening to be in [[Venice]] in the month of May 1609, heard of the invention, constructed [[Galilean telescope|a version of his own]], and applied it to making astronomical discoveries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/21950-who-invented-the-telescope.html|title=Who Invented the Telescope?|last1=Science|first1=Lauren Cox 2017-12-21T03:30:00Z|last2=Astronomy|website=Space.com|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>