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William Hershcel Astronomy

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I chose to do my research on “Astronomy: Discovery of Uranus by William Hershcel in 1781.” I used for my research Google Scholar and The David O. McKay Library. I found that William Hershcel was a musician and amateur astronomer. Hershcel was surveying the stars in March 1781, when he saw what appeared to him as a comet. (1) He really had no motivation to be looking at the stars other than he enjoyed the ability to use a reflective telescope to do so. Hershcel documented the movement of this comet but discovered it was moving too slow. After making some calculations, he realized he had discovered a new planet. On the website, Universe Today, it read about naming the planet, “Herschel’s original plan was to name this new planet after King

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