#William Herschel

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Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, NGC 1501 is a planetary nebula that is just under 5000 light-years away from us. This bright pearl embedded within its glowing shell inspired the nebula’s popular nickname: the Oyster Nebula. source

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NGC 3147 !

NGC 3147 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is located at a distance of circa 130 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3147 is about 140,000 light years across.

It was discovered by William Herschel on April 3, 1785. It is a Type II Seyfert galaxy.

Credit: Hubble Space Telescope

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[quiltofstars]

Herschel crater on the Moon // Simon Labergere

#astronomy #astrophotography #solar system #moon #the moon #luna #lunar crater #herschel crater #william herschel

[lindahall]

Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond – Scientist of the Day

Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond, a French geologist and scientific traveler, was born May 17, 1741.  

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[fuzzysparrow]

In the back garden of 19 New King Street, Bath, a German-born British astronomer doubled the known size of the solar system when he discovered a new planet in 1781. Initially named Georgium Sidus after the King, the discovery earned the astronomer instant fame across Europe and the attention of King George III, who hired him as the astronomer of the Court. The man in question was William Herschel, and the planet is known today as Uranus.

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[clamarcap]

Astronomo e compositore

William Herschel (15 novembre 1738 - 1822): Sinfonia n. 12 in re maggiore (1762). London Mozart Players, dir. Matthias Bamert. Allegro Assai Andante non molto [4:28] Allegro assai [6:44]

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#London Mozart Players #Matthias Bamert #Urano (pianeta) #William Herschel #Youtube

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Tal día como hoy, en 1750, nace Caroline Herschel, astrónoma británica nacida en Alemania, hermana de Sir William Herschel, a quien ayudó en sus investigaciones astronómicas. En sus propias observaciones encontró tres nebulosas y ocho cometas.

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#william herschel

[juliehowlin]

William Herschel

While famous for his telescopes, William Herschel made a significant discovery using a microscope, too - he established that Coral was not, as many scientists then believed, a plant, because it didn't have plant-like cell walls.

10 things you might not know about William Herschel:

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Een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath

Een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath

Na ons bezoek eergisteren aan Stonehenge had ik vandaag opnieuw een astronomische ‘ontmoeting’. Samen met Jonathan Hall (en onze beider wederhelften) bracht ik gisteren (woensdag) een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath, het museum dat gewijd is aan de sterrenkundigen William Herschel en zijn zuster Caroline. Herschel begon zijn loopbaan als musicus en componist, en was daar tamelijk succesvol…

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Een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath

Een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath

Na ons bezoek eergisteren aan Stonehenge had ik vandaag opnieuw een astronomische ‘ontmoeting’. Samen met Jonathan Hall (en onze beider wederhelften) bracht ik gisteren (woensdag) een bezoek aan het Herschel Museum in Bath, het museum dat gewijd is aan de sterrenkundigen William Herschel en zijn zuster Caroline. Herschel begon zijn loopbaan als musicus en componist, en was daar tamelijk succesvol…

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#William Herschel

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Two Thousand Maniacs! (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964)

#films watched in 2023 #Two Thousand Maniacs! #Two Thousand Maniacs #2000 Maniacs #Herschell Gordon Lewis #siete #gore #William Kerwin #Connie Mason #Jeffrey Allen #Linda Cochran #Shelby Livingston #comedy #horror #blood #murder #B series #horror comedy

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#Twins 1988 #Physical Evidence #Burt Reynolds #Theresa Russell #Michael Crichton #Steve Ransohoff #Bill Phillips #Arnold Schwarzenegger #Danny DeVito #Kelly Preston #Chloe Webb #Ivan Reitman #William Davies #William Osborne #Timothy Harris #Herschel Weingrod #80s

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The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Not only did the volcano destroy the economically powerful city of Pompeii, but Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae were also buried and thus lost to the Roman Empire. The number of victims is unknown, but given the size of the four cities, estimates have reached over 18,000 individuals.  

Today only one first-hand account of this horrific event survives in two letters from Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitus. They are preserved as letters 6.16 and 6.20 in the collected Epistles of Pliny. Among our holdings of the works of Pliny is this 3-volume set of the Epistles with William Melmoth’s 18th-century translation edited by Clifford Herschel Moore, and printed by the Harvard University Press in an edition of 405 copies for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, in 1925.

While the term ‘volcanic eruption’ evokes scenes of lava and fire, the reality is much more frightening. Curiously, there is no word for volcano in the Latin language. While ancient Romans were aware of the destructive power of volcanoes, there’s some debate about whether they were aware that Vesuvius was a volcano before its eruption. Signs of the eruption began back in 62CE with a great earthquake that caused much of the city to collapse. Smaller earthquakes continued over the next 15 years until one was accompanied by the rise of a column of smoke from Mt. Vesuvius in October 79 CE. 

The hot gases that made up the column of smoke began to cool, darkening the sky, and not long after a rain of pumice began to fall, and after 15 hours ceilings began to collapse. Nevertheless, many residents chose to take shelter rather than flee. At 4am the first 500C pyroclastic surge barred down the volcano, burying Herculaneum. Six more of these surges occurred before the end of the eruption, destroying Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae. 

The 17-year old Pliny was in the port town of Misenum across the Bay of Naples from the volcano at the time. Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet at Misenum, launched a rescue mission and went himself to the rescue of a personal friend. The elder Pliny did not survive the attempt. In Pliny the Younger’s first letter to Tacitus, he relates what he could discover from witnesses of his uncle's experiences. In a second letter, he details his own observations after the departure of his uncle.

Mt. Vesuvius is still active and according to volcanologists, erupts about every 2000 years, which would be right about now. Who will be our next Pliny the Younger?

Our copy of The Epistles of Pliny is another gift from our friend and benefactor Jerry Buff.

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– LauraJean, Special Collections Undergraduate Classics Intern

#Classics #classical history #Roman History #Mt. Vesuvius #Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius #Pliny the Younger #Epistles of Pliny the Younger #Pliny the Elder #Tacitus #William Melmoth #Clifford Herschel Moore #Harvard University Press #The Bibliophile Society #volcanic eruptions #Pompeii #herculaneum #Oplontis #Stabiae #Jerry Buff #LauraJean

[politicaldilfs]

Iowa Governor DILFs

Belated Governor DILF entry that I started doing on the day of the caucus.

#Tom Vilsack #Bourke B. Hickenlooper #Beryl F. Carroll #L.M. Shaw #Clyde L. Herring #Dan W. Turner #George A. Wilson #Francis M. Drake #William S. Beardsley #Chet Culver #Harold Hughes #Horace Boies #Herschel C. Loveless #Leo Elthon #Leo Hoegh #Norman A. Erbe #Robert D. Blue #Robert D. Ray #Terry Branstad #Warren Garst

[brokehorrorfan]

The 2016 remake of Blood Feast will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on January 16 via Synapse Films. Herschell Gordon Lewis, director of the original 1963 splatter classic, makes a cameo in the film.

Marcel Walz (Seed 2) directs from a script by Philip Lilienschwarz. Genre favorites Robert Rusler (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge) and Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) star with Sophie Monk, Sadie Katz, and Roland Freitag.

Blood Feast is presented in its original uncut form for the first time in the US with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Stereo Surround sound. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Making of featurette

Red Carpet Premiere footage

Scare Cam

Indiegogo teaser

Theatrical trailer

"Tonite" music video by Chilli Con Curtis

Reversible artwork

Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American-themed diner. Since business is not going well, Fuad also works the graveyard shift in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long nights, he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive goddess, Ishtar. As his fascination with Ishtar grows, she begins speaking to him in visions. One night, Fuad succumbs to her deadly charms and begins a new life of murder and cannibalism. He prepares a lavish feast for Ishtar dripping with the blood, organs and intestines of his victims. As the bodies pile up, Fuad slips further into madness until no one… not even his wife and daughter… is safe from the desires of the bloodthirsty goddess!

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(via The Astronomers' House)

#william herschel #herschel museum of astronomy