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Caroline and William Herschel: Revealing the invisible. The Herschels were pioneers of the systematic classification and investigation of the heavens. William Herschel was one of the first 'professional' astronomers, and discovered infrared radiation. His sister Caroline helped him to develop the modern mathematical approach to astronomy.
William Herschel. (Hannover, actual Alemania, 1738 - Slough, Reino Unido, 1822) Astrónomo germanobritánico. Comenzó como músico, la misma profesión de su padre. En 1757, escapando de la ocupación francesa de Hannover, emigró a Inglaterra, donde se ganó la vida como copista musical hasta 1767, año en que fue elegido organista de una ...
13 de mar. de 2023 · En marzo de 1781 William Herschel descubrió Urano, el planeta más frío del Sistema Solar. Pero, no lo hizo solo. ¡Descubre su historia y estas curiosidades!
William Herschel (born November 15, 1738, Hannover, Hanover—died August 25, 1822, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England) was a German-born British astronomer, the founder of sidereal astronomy for the systematic observation of the stars and nebulae beyond the solar system. He discovered the planet Uranus, hypothesized that nebulae are composed of stars, and developed a theory of stellar evolution.
15 de nov. de 2017 · William Herschel, the Father of Uranus. In 1781, a remarkable piece of news shook the scientific world: a musician had discovered a new planet beyond Saturn. For the first time since antiquity, when only six planets were known, including Earth, the solar system had enlarged with the incorporation of a new celestial body, which was called Uranus.
15 de mar. de 2021 · William Herschel, born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover in what is now Germany in 1738, moved to London in 1757 to find work as a musician. He developed a passion for astronomy and began making his own telescopes to aid his observations.
3 de jul. de 2019 · Sir William Herschel was an accomplished astronomer who not only contributed volumes of work that astronomers use today, but also composed some pretty hip music for his time! He was a true "do-it-yourselfer", building more than one telescope during his career. Herschel was fascinated with double stars.
