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In commemoration of the recent receipt of images from the James Webb Space Telescope—just 3 weeks ago, on July 11, 2022—this short article is about William Herschel, a German-born astronomer who constructed his first telescope in 1774. He spent many years carrying out sky surveys documenting thousands of objects. In March 1781, he discovered a new object which, after weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, was determined to be a planet. The new planet was given the name Uranus; Uranus was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity. Herschel died in 1822 (age 83) after many more years of astronomical investigations.
Faded Page currently has two biographies about Herschel along with another three on the subject of Astronomy.
The image above is a lithograph by A. Diethe showing William Herschel working with his sister, astronomer Caroline Herschel.
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