240 years ago nowadays,Sir William Herschel first observed Uranus from the garden of his house. With his homemade 6.2-inch reflecting telescope, he initially reported it as “either a Nebulous star or perhaps a comet, and ” and engaged in a “series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars,” comparing it to a planet. Herschel […]The post Good News in History, March 13 appeared first on Good News Network.
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