In 1610 he described the moon as seen in his telescope as having a "rough and unequal" surface
Instead of building an ergonomic mount for his telescope, Galileo would either 
lay ... Oh, yeah, and you're constantly having to move the telescope by hand to ... 
it is seen that the Moon is most evidently not at all of an even, smooth ... of the 
other heavenly bodies, but on the contrary it is rough and unequal.