A 7 foot telecope similar to this one was used by William Herschel to sweep the heavens and in the spring of 1781from his garden in Bath he first observed the planet Uranus. He made the telescope ...
On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the first two Uranian moons ever discovered. The finding came just six years ...
So I'm in Slough, yeah, observing the night sky through my telescope ... 35 P Herschel-Rigollet. William talks about how he discovered the planet Uranus. After being made an assistant to her ...