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Há 6 dias · Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet (born March 7, 1792, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England—died May 11, 1871, Collingwood, Kent) was an English astronomer and successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery.
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8 de mai. de 2024 · Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. 2.02K subscribers. Subscribed. 1 view 3 hours ago. Learn about the legacy of Sir John Herschel, the Last Polymath, at our all-day conference on...
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Há 5 dias · The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae.
Há 5 dias · Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), son of the astronomer William Herschel and nephew to Caroline Herschel, was the most influential natural philosopher of the Victorian period. His long career encompassed astronomy, mathematics, physics, geology, chemistry, as well as art, literature, politics, and the invention of photography.
1 de mai. de 2024 · Attendees will be given a biographical sketch of John Herschel, alongside talks on his enduring legacy, his pioneering astronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope, and his work in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Geology, Art, and Photography.
3 de mai. de 2024 · Enceladus, second nearest of the major regular moons of Saturn and the brightest of all its moons. It was discovered in 1789 by the English astronomer William Herschel and named for one of the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek mythology. Enceladus measures about 500 km (310 miles) in diameter and orbits
26 de abr. de 2024 · Through her father’s association with Royal Society members William Henry Fox Talbot and the astronomer and chemist Sir John Herschel, Atkins learned of the photographic process then being invented.
