Project Gutenberg on Nostr: German astronomer and composer William Herschel was born #OTD in 1738. Herschel ...
German astronomer and composer William Herschel was born #OTD in 1738.
Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774. The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. On 13 March 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. via npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73 (npub1kvn…hm73)
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Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774. The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. On 13 March 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. via npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73 (npub1kvn…hm73)
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