tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post2890113663394821347..comments2024-01-07T13:24:03.640+00:00Comments on Nothing Tra La La?: William Herschel's telescope0tralalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06818587472660040921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-75617008364198119792012-03-20T05:50:44.104+00:002012-03-20T05:50:44.104+00:00Herschel's discoveries and exploits centuries ...Herschel's discoveries and exploits centuries ago still excite and motive new astronomers. If he could achieve so much with his telescopes what's stopping us amateurs ?Wililam Herschelhttp://spaceyuga.com/william-herschel-telescopes/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-1956442376943423142011-03-27T22:07:56.485+01:002011-03-27T22:07:56.485+01:00According to NOVA, Herschel not only discovered Ur...According to NOVA, Herschel not only discovered Uranus, but he was the first to see the Milky Way. He and his sister studied it intensely. <br /><br />Take a look at "Hunting the Edge of Space." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space-1.html<br /><br />". . . behind all Herschel's discoveries, including that of the planet Uranus, stood his sister and collaborator Caroline." <br /><br />Note wonder why there is the Herschel Space Observatory.Don Quijotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13336104.post-59946523077788332542011-02-06T14:33:45.162+00:002011-02-06T14:33:45.162+00:00Too bad they didn't get much use out of it.Too bad they didn't get much use out of it.Le Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508710616712419119noreply@blogger.com