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Galileo chose to back the Capernican system despite observed telescopic data at the time supporting the Tychonic system. Is that correct?
Not quite. The observed data (most of which was not telescopic) could not distinguish between a Copernican and Tychonic system. The Church astronomers/theologians argued that choosing between one and the other was a philosophical/religious/metaphysical choice.
Given that situation, Galileo, in advocating Copernicanism strongly, was making a philosophical/religious/metaphysical statement, not a scientific one. If Galileo had said, "either of these could be true, given our evidence," it wouldn't have likely been a big deal.
What a lot of people don't realize is, the Pope had actually asked Galileo to write him a book explaining the pros and cons of different worldviews. It wasn't some random thing Galileo did in the name of science — it was a Papal request.
He instead wrote a book that made it seem like anyone who wasn't a Copernican was a moron, which was taken as deliberately being offensive to the Pope. I just bring this up because it's not a simple "Galileo was just doing his work, the Church hates science" story. It's complex.
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