A man named William Herschel was interested in a mass that was in the sky. He thought it more than just another star, other before him did. He thought it might be a commit so he watched it many nights and what he discovered would make history. It was the planet Uranus! It was discovered in 1781. This was a significant discovery because it proved that there is more out there to be discovered and that the universe was bigger than anyone had previously imagined. He and his sister were both hobby astronomers. She, Caroline, assisted him in his work. This was not his fulltime job, he had composed 26 symphonies and various other shorter pieces. After the discovery of Uranus the King George III made him the Court Astronomer thus making it his fulltime
