Observatory

The Sonnenborgh Observatory was an extremely interesting place to visit. On the outside it wasn't very appealing, but the inside was spectacular. We got to see exact replica models of Galileo's telescopes. They were difficult to use but they worked great. I could read the signs of a building across town. It is amazing that someone could manipulate lenses to see distant objects further than the human eye can see. We also got to visit one of the giant telescopes that could see the moon, but it was cloudy out so we got to see a chapel far away. This telescope was interesting since it was made of wood and the image was inverted. The historic history of this observatory was also interesting, since it was built to defend it's city, so it had cannons and an experiment garden.