William and Caroline Herschel
In Our Time: Science
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The Contribution of William Herschel
In the eighteenth century, herschel was a disruptor. He he came with a different programme from the fessional astronomers. His natural enthusiasm is his kind of an innocent commitment to pursuing his observational astronomy. All of that had an william herschel is remembered not just for the telescopes that he made for himself and for others and for the space mission. But there's also a william her schel telescope on la palma in the canary isles,. as part of the observatory there. And soa its named in his honour.
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