anton or antonius maria schyrleus also schyrl schyrle of rheita – in czech antonín maria šírek z reity was an astronomer and optician he developed several inverting and erecting eyepieces and was the maker of kepler’s telescope "things appear more alive with the binocular telescope" he wrote "doubly as exact so to speak as well as large and bright"[] his binocular telescope is the precursor to our binoculars