William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel ( ; ; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Great Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen.Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). 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, after several weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity, and Herschel became famous overnight. As a result of this discovery, George III appointed him Court Astronomer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and grants were provided for the construction of new telescopes.
Herschel pioneered the use of astronomical spectrophotometry, using prisms and temperature measuring equipment to measure the wavelength distribution of stellar spectra. In the course of these investigations, Herschel discovered infrared radiation. Other work included an improved determination of the rotation period of Mars, the discovery that the Martian polar caps vary seasonally, the discovery of Titania and Oberon (moons of Uranus) and Enceladus and Mimas (moons of Saturn). Herschel was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1816. He was the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society when it was founded in 1820. He died in August 1822, and his work was continued by his only son, John Herschel. Provided by Wikipedia
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An account of the discovery of two satellites revolving round the Georgian planet by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On the systems of double stars which are supposed to be binary ones by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Symphonies by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Remarks on the new comet. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Nov. 16, 1786 by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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The scientific papers of Sir William Herschel : including early papers hitherto unpublished. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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The scientific papers of Sir William Herschel : including early papers hitherto unpublished. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Description of a forty-feet reflecting telescope By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From The philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Observations on the planet Venus By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Observations of the changeable brightness of the satellites of Jupiter and of the variation in their apparent magnitudes; with a determination of the time of their rotatory motions... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Observations of a quintuple belt on the planet Saturn also, an account of some particulars observed during the late eclipse of the sun: and also, on the rotation of the planet Satu... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On nebulous stars, properly so called By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On the satellites of the planet Saturn, and the rotation of its ring on an axis By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Catalogue of a second thousand of new nebulæ and clusters of stars with a few introductory remarks on the construction of the heavens. By William Herschel, ... From the Philosophic... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Catalogue of double stars By William Herschel, ... Read at the Royal Society, December 9, 1784. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Catalogue of one thousand new nebulæ and clusters of stars By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, April 27, 1786. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Investigation of the cause of that indistinctness of vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the optic pencil. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Societ... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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Experiments on the solar and on the terrestrial rays that occasion heat; with a comparative view of the laws to which light and heat, ... are subject, ... By William Herschel, ...... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On the Georgian planet and its satellites By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On the nature and construction of the sun and fixed stars By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. From the Philosophical transactions. by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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On the periodical star [alpha] Herculis with remarks tending to establish the rotatory motion of the stars on their axes. To which is added a second catalogue of the comparative br... by Herschel, William, 1738-1822
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