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Herschel's discoveries were supplemented by those of Caroline Herschel (11 objects) and his son John Herschel (1754 objects) and published by him as General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters in 1864. This catalogue was later edited by John Dreyer , supplemented with discoveries by many other 19th-century astronomers, and published in 1888 as ...
Pages in category "Discoveries by William Herschel" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 399 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1800 – William Herschel discovers infrared radiation from the Sun. 1800 – William Nicholson, Anthony Carlisle and Johann Ritter use electricity to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen, thereby discovering the process of electrolysis, which led to the discovery of many other elements.
1781: William Herschel announces discovery of Uranus, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history. 1785: William Withering: publishes the first definitive account of the use of foxglove for treating dropsy. 1787: Jacques Charles: Charles's law of ideal gases.
The Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars was first published in 1786 by William Herschel in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. [1] In 1789, he added another 1,000 entries, [2] and finally another 500 in 1802, [3] bringing the total to 2,500 entries. This catalogue originated the usage of letters and catalogue ...
Objects south of the celestial equator are catalogued somewhat less thoroughly, but many were included based on observation by John Herschel or James Dunlop. The NGC contained multiple errors, but attempts to eliminate them were made by the Revised New General Catalogue (RNGC) by Jack W. Sulentic and William G. Tifft in 1973, NGC2000.0 by Roger ...
1800 - William Herschel: Infrared light; 1801 – Thomas Young: Wave theory of light; 1801 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter: Ultraviolet light; 1803 – John Dalton: Atomic theory of matter [citation needed] 1806 – Thomas Young: Kinetic energy; 1814 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel: Wave theory of light, optical interference
August 28 and September 17 – William Herschel discovers Saturn's moons Enceladus and Mimas, which he describes to the Royal Society of London on November 12. [ 2 ] Maximilian Hell establishes the constellations Tubus Hershelli Major and Minor in honour of Herschel's discovery of Uranus (constellations obsolete by 1930).