William Herschel
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title:
William Herschel
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Frederick William Herschel 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
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German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel
date created:
2001-12-10T20:02:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T11:10:56Z
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