Abstract: Galileo and the telescope are the historical drivers of IYA 2009. The biggest exhibition will be in Florence at the prestigious venue of the Palazzo Strozzi, under the simple title 'Galileo', with the sub-title: 'Images of the universe from Antiquity to the telescope'.  Are we missing something here (and I don't mean Thomas Harriot)?  Was the other event of 1609, the publication of Kepler's 'Astronomia Nova', a more profound step in the history of astronomy?