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during the late 1700s william herschel
along with the help of a sister Carolyn
made systematic and methodical
observations of the night sky that would
forever change the way the world sees
the heavens Herschel undertakes is
systematic sweep as he called it of the
entire heavens he does the several times
and that's where his lucky brig comes in
he discovers a planet the planet Uranus
with this discovery and his organized
observe ations some believe Herschel is
the father of modern astronomy but
behind all his endeavors was his sister
his sister Carolyn she was one of his
true secret weapons in achieving his
insights because she helped him organize
his research she helped him get
interested in things she was very much
an independent thinker but she was
devoted to facilitating his work William
Herschel's work wasn't always stargazing
he started out in a very different field
Herschel is a musician he's a clarinet
player he's an impresario he's a
composer he's an organist but his real
passion isn't music it's a strong name
as amateur astronomers the siblings
relied on the do-it-yourself approach
together in a workshop at the rear of
their house they crafted homemade
telescopes at the heart of each
telescope was a mere made from a metal
disk he'd take this disk and a grinding
tool and he'd work away hollowing this
disk out working steadily towards the
ideal parabolic shape that he wanted so
that the light as it came down would
bounce off this mirror and come back
through a perfect focus
he'd be working away and turning this
this ground but all the time keeping
hands on contact while he was doing this
for Caroline would have to entertain him
and feed him by way of keeping him alive
I was constantly obliged to feed him by
putting the victuals by bits into his
mouth this was once the case when at the
finishing of a six inch mirror he had
not left his hands from it for 16 hours
it was with these homemade telescopes
that herschel in march of 1781
discovered uranus in doing so he changes
not only the known solar system but his
life as well the plans have been
identified since the dawn of written
astronomy and then suddenly you have
this clarinet player you know with whom
made telescopes in his back garden he
discovers another one the thing is
utterly astonishing so he suddenly
becomes a celebrity
Williams discovery brings him a pension
from King George the third Carolyn is
also recognized for her work and becomes
the first professional woman astronomer
together with their newfound fame the
Herschel's embarked on an ambitious plan
they construct the world's largest
telescope and use it to survey the
entire sky the program the trash show
has of building giant telescopes of
using them to work out the large-scale
structure of the of the universe is of
course the basic program of modern
astronomy and Herschel does invented
Herschel may deserve credit as a founder
of modern astronomy but he was not alone
in his discoveries he was a great
observer a great instrument builder and
a great planner of scientific agenda but
he also had a great sister
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