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    The Herschel Museum of Astronomy at 19 New King Street, Bath, England, is a museum that was inaugurated in 1981. It is located in a town house that was...
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    : 1–25  The house they shared is now the location of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. Herschel's brothers Dietrich (1755–1827), Alexander (1745–1821)...
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    significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name...
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  • Society Herschel Museum of Astronomy, in Bath, United Kingdom Herschel Space Observatory, operated by the European Space Agency Herschel wedge, an optical...
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    Bath, Somerset (redirect from City of Bath)
    several museums including the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Victoria Art Gallery, the Museum of East Asian Art, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Fashion...
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    botanical work. Herschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus – the seventh...
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    that is framed in wood from the telescope, is on display at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath. The 40-foot (12 m) telescope was surpassed in 1845 as...
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  • Glenside Museum, Bristol Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London INTECH, Winchester Manchester Museum, Manchester...
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  • for Astronomy (UK) University of Cambridge Centre for Astronomy (UK) Herschel Museum of Astronomy (UK) National Museums Scotland (UK) Deutsches Museum (Germany)...
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    as the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, an independent museum in Bath dedicated to the life and works of the famous astronomer William Herschel, who discovered...
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    Uranus (redirect from Uranus (astronomy))
    Astronomy), and initially reported it (on 26 April 1781) as a comet. With a homemade 6.2-inch reflecting telescope, Herschel "engaged in a series of observations...
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    Part of the keyboards and pipes have survived and are on display at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. In 1858 William Connor Magee published a book of sermons...
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    Somerset (redirect from County of Somerset)
    has several museums; those at Bath include the American Museum in Britain, the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, the Jane Austen...
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  • meteoric astronomy, Herschel was interested in many branches of physical science, and became a member of the Physical Society of London in 1889 and of the...
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    established it in 1789 to honour Sir William Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus. It fell out of use by the end of the 19th century. θ Geminorum at apparent...
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    Bath Preservation Trust (category History of Bath, Somerset)
    four museums that it operates in Bath: No. 1 Royal Crescent, the Museum of Bath Architecture, Beckford's Tower, and the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. In...
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    Jesse Ramsden (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
    design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were...
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    Kingsmead, Bath (category Areas of Bath, Somerset)
    Square Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Circus Herschel Museum of Astronomy Royal Crescent Norfolk Crescent Royal Victoria Park and Botanical...
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  • Rest of England St. Albans Organ Museum – St Albans Herschel Museum of Astronomy, musical exhibition, named after William and Caroline Herschel – Bath...
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    Walcot, Bath (category Roman town of Bath)
    Revolutionary Army. Sir William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer, musician. Benjamin Plim Bellamy (1782–1847), actor and proprietor of the Bath Assembly Rooms...
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  • Hill Haynes International Motor Museum Herschel Museum of Astronomy Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare Holburne Museum of Art Holnicote Estate Jane Austen...
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    Patrick Moore (category Astronomy in Ireland)
    redevelopment of the Birr Telescope in the Republic of Ireland. He was a key figure in the development of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath. In June...
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    Venanzio Rauzzini (category People from the Province of Macerata)
    first studied singing under a member of the Sistine Chapel Choir. He was a cantante soprano at the Socio Accademico of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in...
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    of astronomy focuses on the contributions civilizations have made to further their understanding of the universe beyond earth's atmosphere. Astronomy...
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  • couple Elizabeth and Leslie Hilliard, donors of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. Hilliard is a stony member of the Nysa family, a relatively small family...
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  • chamber in Bath, England, UK; at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy Music Room, a chamber in Lisbon, Portugal; at the Palace of Queluz Music Room, a chamber in...
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    Weston, Bath (category Areas of Bath, Somerset)
    is a suburb and electoral ward of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, located in the northwest of the city. Originally a separate...
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    Bath and North East Somerset (category Lists of coordinates)
    well as numerous museums, among them Bath Postal Museum, The Fashion Museum, the Jane Austen Centre, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy and the Roman Baths...
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    Widcombe, Bath (category Areas of Bath, Somerset)
    Widcombe is a district of Bath, England, immediately south-east of the city centre, across the River Avon. The electoral ward was merged with Lyncombe...
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    Twerton (category Areas of Bath, Somerset)
    suburb of the city of Bath, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, situated to the west of the city...
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