What is Galileo's timeline of events from 1609 to 1633

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- 1609: Galileo has his first observations using a telescope, discovering the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and sunspots.
- 1610: Galileo publishes "Sidereus Nuncius" describing his telescopic observations and conclusions.
- 1611: Galileo moves to Florence and becomes the chief mathematician at the University of Pisa.
- 1613: Galileo publishes "Letters on Sunspots," defending the heliocentric model of the solar system.
- 1615: Galileo travels to Rome to defend his views on heliocentrism before the Inquisition.
- 1616: The Catholic Church issues a decree forbidding the teaching of heliocentrism.
- 1623: Galileo publishes "The Assayer," a work on the nature of comets and the differences between the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems.
- 1632: Galileo publishes "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems," comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems.
- 1633: Galileo is summoned to Rome by the Inquisition and is tried for heresy. He is found guilty and sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life.