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Discovering Uranus: William Hershel

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Miriam Johnson-Brady Brother Rasmussen FDSCI 101 October 28, 2015 Discovering Uranus William Hershel had a strong interest in astronomy. It was more than a passing fancy. During the day he was a musician but at night he was a star gazer. His fascination with the idea of life on other planets, double stars, and nebulae was a driving force for him. Hershel soon felt that telescopes were not strong enough, so he decided to make his own. In 1773 he built the strongest telescope known at that time. He found, with his telescope, an object which appeared to a comet, because it moved. Hershel reported his finding, but professional astronomers did not have the equipment he did, and did not see it at first. In the summer of 1781, Russian astronomer,
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