Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) was born in Hanover and came to England in 1757, where he taught music in Leeds, Halifax and Bath. He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and astronomy, built ...

Or for short… WILLIAM HERSCHEL: The CN. CAROLINE HERSCHEL: This catalogue is the result of the key skills of scientific method used in astronomy. CAROLINE HERSCHEL: This involves making real ...

Apparently copied in reverse from an earlier (ca. 179-?) etching with lettering "View of Dr Herschel's forty feet telescope", which shows the same two figures in 18th-century costume, and some ...

This is barred spiral galaxy NGC 7479 located in the Pegasus constellation about 105 million light years and discovered in 1784 by the German astronomer William Herschel. Its central bar is ...