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- English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
How To Use Sir William Herschel In A Sentence
- In 1801, Sir William Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, published a different view.
- Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 with a hand - made reflecting telescope.
- In 1781, astronomer Sir William Herschel spotted an object moving in the sky and originally thought it was a comet but later realized its planetary nature.
- Actually it was the biggest refractor (lens telescope); Sir William Herschel, who had died in 1822, had previously constructed larger reflecting telescopes (using curved mirrors) out at Slough.
- Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 with a hand - made reflecting telescope.
