Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMar 13
British-German astronomer #WilliamHerschel discovered the seventh planet, #Uranus, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1781. A unique world that spins on its side with a 98-degree axial tilt, its pale cyan colour comes from a frigid atmosphere made up mainly of hydrogen, helium, & methane.
donutage (Bill Cole)Mar 13

Happy birthday to Uranus!

On 3/13/1781, William Herschel observed Uranus and correctly identified it as a planet rather than a star. If we'd only taken his suggestion to name the planet after King George III, we would have been spared centuries of schoolboy sniggers about the "discovery of your anus".

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DobviewsMar 12

Quick Astronomy History - Uranus
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune William Herschel, London Mozart Players & Matthias Bamert: 🎵 Symphony no.14 in D major (1st mvt) #BBCRadio3 #WilliamHerschel #LondonMozartPlayers #MatthiasBamert
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMar 10
The first 9 (of 13) #RingsOfUranus were definitively found on #ThisDayInHistory in 1977. All the gas giants have them, though #Saturn's were seen much earlier. The first claimed sighting of any at #Uranus was by #WilliamHerschel in 1789, but it is doubted he could have seen them.
Dr NKarMar 8
Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying BotFeb 1
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast William Herschel, Matthias Bamert & London Mozart Players: 🎵 Symphony No 12 in D major (3rd mvt) #BBCRadio3 #WilliamHerschel #MatthiasBamert #LondonMozartPlayers
Andrew ShieldsJan 13
A white-dwarf day with Ja’net Danielo, James Joyce, and Wikipedia. #111Words #WhiteDwarf #JanetDanielo #JamesJoyce #FinnegansWake #WilliamHerschel #WillemLuyten #EridaniB #Poetry #Fiction #Astronomy https://111-words.ghost.io/a-white-dwarf-day-with-janet-danielo-james-joyce-and-wikipedia/
A white-dwarf day with Ja’net Danielo, James Joyce, and Wikipedia

Yesterday was a white-dwarf day. First, I read a poem by Ja'net Danielo that begins with one: "All last year, I waited for a white dwarf". Later, I read a passage from James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" that mentions one: "The giant sun is in his emanence but which is chief

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDJan 11
The #German-#British astronomer #WilliamHerschel first observed, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1787, the #Uranus moons #Titania and #Oberon.
I first learnt of Herschel as a young boy from seeing him on the #NewDeal-funded Astronomers Monument up at #GriffithObservatory in Los Angeles.
The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying BotJan 10
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast William Herschel, Robert Gibbs & The Dionysus Ensemble: 🎵 Violin Concerto in A minor: 1st mvmt #BBCRadio3 #WilliamHerschel #RobertGibbs #TheDionysusEnsemble #newRelease - 🆕 album ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

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