http://www.astronomycast.com/history/ep-172-william-herschel/ Take a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos with Astronomy Cast. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.astronomycast.com/history/ep-172-william-herschel/comment-page-1/#comment-5476 Martin Watts Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:15:33 +0000 http://www.astronomycast.com/?p=1218#comment-5476 Good episode about the Herschels, but please check the dates. I think I noticed one mention of a Herschel discovery in the 1980s and another to the NGC being produced in the 1780s! Good episode about the Herschels, but please check the dates. I think I noticed one mention of a Herschel discovery in the 1980s and another to the NGC being produced in the 1780s!

]]> http://www.astronomycast.com/history/ep-172-william-herschel/comment-page-1/#comment-5475 charles hall Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:09:56 +0000 http://www.astronomycast.com/?p=1218#comment-5475 This show is great, but you need to do one on his son John. We owe most of modern photography to John, including the words "negative" and "positive" as they relate to photos. The first photo he took was of the big 40' telescope you mention in the podcast. John was much more of a polymath than his father and only took up astronomy later in life, yet made major contributions. He was also a great friend of Charles Babbage. This show is great, but you need to do one on his son John. We owe most of modern photography to John, including the words “negative” and “positive” as they relate to photos. The first photo he took was of the big 40′ telescope you mention in the podcast. John was much more of a polymath than his father and only took up astronomy later in life, yet made major contributions. He was also a great friend of Charles Babbage.

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