He was using a telescope to survey the sky.
Although William Herschel is credited with discovering Uranus in 1781, later records showed that John Flamsteed viewed it more than once in 1690. However, he believed it was a star, and named it 34 Tauri.
Although William Herschel is credited with discovering Uranus in 1781, later records showed that John Flamsteed viewed it more than once in 1690. However, he believed it was a star, and named it 34 Tauri. William Hershel was the first to clearly determine that Uranus is a planet.
William Hersch
It was first discovered during a star mapping project.
Miranda was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1948 .Ariel and Umbriel were discovered by William Lassel in 1851. Titania and Oberon were discovered by William Hershel in 1787.
Although William Herschel is credited with discovering Uranus in 1781, later records showed that John Flamsteed viewed it more than once in 1690. However, he believed it was a star, and named it 34 Tauri.
Although William Herschel is credited with discovering Uranus in 1781, later records showed that John Flamsteed viewed it more than once in 1690. However, he believed it was a star, and named it 34 Tauri. William Hershel was the first to clearly determine that Uranus is a planet.
William Hersch
Uranus was discovered by William Herschel on March 13th 1781.
Sir. John Fredrick William Hershel
It was first discovered during a star mapping project.
In the spring of 1781, William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, using a homemade telescope in the back garden of his house in New King Street, in Bath
Miranda was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1948 .Ariel and Umbriel were discovered by William Lassel in 1851. Titania and Oberon were discovered by William Hershel in 1787.
The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Hershel; in 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth identified an unknown mineral (containing an oxide of uranium) and as a tribute to Herschel the new element was called uranium.
Sir William Hershel. And its human BEING. There has been over 4 billion years worth of evolution that it took to create you. FU CKING act like it.
Hershel did not create any planets. However he discoveredUranus in 1781.
Caroline Herschel was the first professionaal female astronomer. She assisted here brother William in the discovery of Uranus and the cataloguing of 1000s of nebulae and galaxies and discovered several comets of her own.