Sujet
Sir William Herschel, astronomer, 1790s. Artist: John Russell
Légende
Sir William Herschel, astronomer, 1790s. Holding a diagram of planets and their planetry rings. Herschel constructed his own telescope after taking up astronomy as a hobby. As well as discovering the planet Uranus in 1781 and two of its satellites, he performed a major study of Saturn. He discovered two satellites, the rotation of the planetary rings and the period of the planet's rotation. He also catalogued and investigated the motions of binary stars, the results of which are still in use.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1790
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_091
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 18,6cm x 24,3cm / 2191 x 2868 (300dpi)