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Portrait of William Herschel, German-born Astronomer and Composer Editorial Image - Illustration of nebulae, astronomer: 188225590
Earth Shaker - #AstroOTD | On this day in 1738, British-German astronomer Sir William Herschel was born. Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel was a British-German astronomer and the founder of sidereal astronomy for the
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