Frederick William Herschel31 March 1781
Discovers Uranus using a home made telescope from his back garden in Bath
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Discovers Uranus using a home made telescope from his back garden in Bath
Calls the new planet the Georgian star (Georgium sidus) after King George III
Produces a diagram of the shape of the Galaxy with the Solar System close to the centre
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