Uranus:
Uranus was discovered in 1781 by a British Astronomer named William Herschel, using a 6 inch telescope. At first he thought that it might be a nebulous star or even a comet, but after continued observation, he realized that it appeared to be a disk in the sky that moved relative to the stars. The movement was far too slow to be a comet and soon enough he realized that he had discovered the 7th planet at the time. At first, he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus which translates to “George’s star” after his king George the III. A fellow astronomer named Johann Bode helped Herschel crush the idea and instead the name “Uranus” (father of Saturn) was put in place to carry on the tradition of using names from ancient mythology.
The discovery of Uranus was the reason that the next planet, Neptune, was discovered. As astronomers kept track of the motion of Uranus, they noticed discrepancies in where they calculated/predicted Uranus to move and where …show more content…
They were made famous by a French astronomer named Charles Messier, who was a comet hunter. He would often times get frustrated because he would find an object that resembled a comet, but did not move, so they were not in fact comets. He was so intrigued as well as frustrated with these objects that he compiled a list which currently includes 110 astronomical objects which came to be known as the Messier Catalogue. These 110 Messier objects are not even close to the total amount of deep sky objects in existence, but they make up some of the brightest examples of each type of deep sky object (open star clusters, globular star clusters, spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, supernova remnants, emission nebulae, and planetary nebulae), making them some of the most famous. The Messier objects are labeled from M1-M110, where the “M” obviously stands for Messier. The following are some astronomical objects that represent each type of deep sky
Uranus was discovered in 1781 by a British Astronomer named William Herschel, using a 6 inch telescope. At first he thought that it might be a nebulous star or even a comet, but after continued observation, he realized that it appeared to be a disk in the sky that moved relative to the stars. The movement was far too slow to be a comet and soon enough he realized that he had discovered the 7th planet at the time. At first, he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus which translates to “George’s star” after his king George the III. A fellow astronomer named Johann Bode helped Herschel crush the idea and instead the name “Uranus” (father of Saturn) was put in place to carry on the tradition of using names from ancient mythology.
The discovery of Uranus was the reason that the next planet, Neptune, was discovered. As astronomers kept track of the motion of Uranus, they noticed discrepancies in where they calculated/predicted Uranus to move and where …show more content…
They were made famous by a French astronomer named Charles Messier, who was a comet hunter. He would often times get frustrated because he would find an object that resembled a comet, but did not move, so they were not in fact comets. He was so intrigued as well as frustrated with these objects that he compiled a list which currently includes 110 astronomical objects which came to be known as the Messier Catalogue. These 110 Messier objects are not even close to the total amount of deep sky objects in existence, but they make up some of the brightest examples of each type of deep sky object (open star clusters, globular star clusters, spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, supernova remnants, emission nebulae, and planetary nebulae), making them some of the most famous. The Messier objects are labeled from M1-M110, where the “M” obviously stands for Messier. The following are some astronomical objects that represent each type of deep sky