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  1. Happy birthday to Uranus!

    On 3/13/1781, William Herschel observed Uranus and correctly identified it as a planet rather than a star. If we'd only taken his suggestion to name the planet after King George III, we would have been spared centuries of schoolboy sniggers about the "discovery of your anus".

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #Uranus #WilliamHerschel

  2. Happy birthday to Uranus!

    On 3/13/1781, William Herschel observed Uranus and correctly identified it as a planet rather than a star. If we'd only taken his suggestion to name the planet after King George III, we would have been spared centuries of schoolboy sniggers about the "discovery of your anus".

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #Uranus #WilliamHerschel

  3. Happy birthday to Uranus!

    On 3/13/1781, William Herschel observed Uranus and correctly identified it as a planet rather than a star. If we'd only taken his suggestion to name the planet after King George III, we would have been spared centuries of schoolboy sniggers about the "discovery of your anus".

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #Uranus #WilliamHerschel

  4. Happy birthday to Uranus!

    On 3/13/1781, William Herschel observed Uranus and correctly identified it as a planet rather than a star. If we'd only taken his suggestion to name the planet after King George III, we would have been spared centuries of schoolboy sniggers about the "discovery of your anus".

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #Uranus #WilliamHerschel

  5. Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
    The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
    #ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  6. Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
    The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
    #ic1396 #nebula #GarnetStar #WilliamHerschel #astronomy #nature #astrophotography #photography #ScienceSunday

  7. Cosmography archives

    Astronomical Observations relating to the Construction of the Heavens, arranged for the Purpose of a critical Examination, the Result of which appears to throw some new Light upon the Organization of the celestial Bodies.

    by William Herschel (1811)

    ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1811

    #Cosmography #WilliamHerschel #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience

  8. Cosmography archives

    Astronomical Observations relating to the Construction of the Heavens, arranged for the Purpose of a critical Examination, the Result of which appears to throw some new Light upon the Organization of the celestial Bodies.

    by William Herschel (1811)

    ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1811

    #Cosmography #WilliamHerschel #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience

  9. Cosmography archives

    Astronomical Observations relating to the Construction of the Heavens, arranged for the Purpose of a critical Examination, the Result of which appears to throw some new Light upon the Organization of the celestial Bodies.

    by William Herschel (1811)

    ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1811

    #Cosmography #WilliamHerschel #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience

  10. Cosmography archives

    Astronomical Observations relating to the Construction of the Heavens, arranged for the Purpose of a critical Examination, the Result of which appears to throw some new Light upon the Organization of the celestial Bodies.

    by William Herschel (1811)

    ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1811

    #Cosmography #WilliamHerschel #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience

  11. 🗓️ Efeméride: 25 de agosto de 1822.

    🔭 Muere William Herschel, astrónomo germano-británico que descubrió el planeta Urano y fundó una dinastía científica. Sus observaciones ampliaron los límites del sistema solar.

    #Efeméride #WilliamHerschel #Astronomía #Urano #Historia #Ciencia #SigloXIX #Descubrimientos

  12. 🗓️ Efeméride: 25 de agosto de 1822.

    🔭 Muere William Herschel, astrónomo germano-británico que descubrió el planeta Urano y fundó una dinastía científica. Sus observaciones ampliaron los límites del sistema solar.

    #Efeméride #WilliamHerschel #Astronomía #Urano #Historia #Ciencia #SigloXIX #Descubrimientos

  13. 🗓️ Efeméride: 25 de agosto de 1822.

    🔭 Muere William Herschel, astrónomo germano-británico que descubrió el planeta Urano y fundó una dinastía científica. Sus observaciones ampliaron los límites del sistema solar.

    #Efeméride #WilliamHerschel #Astronomía #Urano #Historia #Ciencia #SigloXIX #Descubrimientos

  14. 🗓️ Efeméride: 25 de agosto de 1822.

    🔭 Muere William Herschel, astrónomo germano-británico que descubrió el planeta Urano y fundó una dinastía científica. Sus observaciones ampliaron los límites del sistema solar.

    #Efeméride #WilliamHerschel #Astronomía #Urano #Historia #Ciencia #SigloXIX #Descubrimientos

  15. Der Saturnmond Enceladus ist klein. Aber er hat seinen eigenen Ring, einen Ozean aus Wasser und vielleicht sogar Leben. Was wir über diesen faszinierenden Himmelskörper wissen, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten: astrodicticum-simplex.at/?p=36… Die "Sternengeschichten Live" kann man das erste Mal am 28. März 2024 in Herten sehen: schwarzkaue-herten.de/veransta… 🎙️#Astronomie #Universum #Sternengeschichten #Astrodicticum #Sterne #Enceladus #Saturn #Saturnmond #WilliamHerschel #JohnHerschel #Enkeladus #Ring #Saturnring #E-Ring #Kryovulkanismus #Eisvulkanismus #Ruth-SophieTaubner #Astrobiologie #Methanothermococcusokinawensis #hydrothermaleQuelle #Archaeen #Cassini #Kultur
    Sternengeschichten : Enceladus und außerirdische Mikroben
  16. Der Saturnmond Enceladus ist klein. Aber er hat seinen eigenen Ring, einen Ozean aus Wasser und vielleicht sogar Leben. Was wir über diesen faszinierenden Himmelskörper wissen, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten: astrodicticum-simplex.at/?p=36… Die "Sternengeschichten Live" kann man das erste Mal am 28. März 2024 in Herten sehen: schwarzkaue-herten.de/veransta… 🎙️#Astronomie #Universum #Sternengeschichten #Astrodicticum #Sterne #Enceladus #Saturn #Saturnmond #WilliamHerschel #JohnHerschel #Enkeladus #Ring #Saturnring #E-Ring #Kryovulkanismus #Eisvulkanismus #Ruth-SophieTaubner #Astrobiologie #Methanothermococcusokinawensis #hydrothermaleQuelle #Archaeen #Cassini #Kultur
    Sternengeschichten : Enceladus und außerirdische Mikroben
  17. Der Saturnmond Enceladus ist klein. Aber er hat seinen eigenen Ring, einen Ozean aus Wasser und vielleicht sogar Leben. Was wir über diesen faszinierenden Himmelskörper wissen, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten: astrodicticum-simplex.at/?p=36… Die "Sternengeschichten Live" kann man das erste Mal am 28. März 2024 in Herten sehen: schwarzkaue-herten.de/veransta… 🎙️#Astronomie #Universum #Sternengeschichten #Astrodicticum #Sterne #Enceladus #Saturn #Saturnmond #WilliamHerschel #JohnHerschel #Enkeladus #Ring #Saturnring #E-Ring #Kryovulkanismus #Eisvulkanismus #Ruth-SophieTaubner #Astrobiologie #Methanothermococcusokinawensis #hydrothermaleQuelle #Archaeen #Cassini #Kultur
    Sternengeschichten : Enceladus und außerirdische Mikroben
  18. While famous for his telescopes, William Herschel made a significant discovery using a microscope, too - he established that Coral was not, as many scientists then believed, a plant, because it didn't have plant-like cell walls.

    10 things you might not know about William Herschel:

    topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/

    #BirthAnniversary #WilliamHerschel #Scientists #Facts

  19. While famous for his telescopes, William Herschel made a significant discovery using a microscope, too - he established that Coral was not, as many scientists then believed, a plant, because it didn't have plant-like cell walls.

    10 things you might not know about William Herschel:

    topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/

    #BirthAnniversary #WilliamHerschel #Scientists #Facts

  20. While famous for his telescopes, William Herschel made a significant discovery using a microscope, too - he established that Coral was not, as many scientists then believed, a plant, because it didn't have plant-like cell walls.

    10 things you might not know about William Herschel:

    topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/

    #BirthAnniversary #WilliamHerschel #Scientists #Facts

  21. While famous for his telescopes, William Herschel made a significant discovery using a microscope, too - he established that Coral was not, as many scientists then believed, a plant, because it didn't have plant-like cell walls.

    10 things you might not know about William Herschel:

    topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/

    #BirthAnniversary #WilliamHerschel #Scientists #Facts

  22. How did we name our planets and moons? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain all the things you thought you knew about the names in our solar system, the origin of the moon, and the constellations in the night sky.
    Things You Thought You Knew – Naming Planets, Moons, & More with Neil deGrasse Tyson
  23. How did we name our planets and moons? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain all the things you thought you knew about the names in our solar system, the origin of the moon, and the constellations in the night sky.
    Things You Thought You Knew – Naming Planets, Moons, & More with Neil deGrasse Tyson