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The Herschel family: William, Sister Caroline, and William's son
John. |
William |
William and Carol surveying for nebulae |
7 foot reflecting telescope |
Herschel's workshop equipped for telescope making. |
The Herschel house in the 1950s |
36 foot |
 
Another engraving of the 36 foot |
Hershel's own drawing of the milky way (click image for details). |
A copy of another drawing by Herschel of the Milky Way. |
Most of these figures were culled from the Web. The copy of Herschel's
Milky Way picture was taken from Hoskin's book : A Concise History
of Astronomy.
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