• Herschel Telescope in Explore the Universe
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    Discoverer of the planet Uranus in 1781, William Herschel built some of the largest, most powerful telescopes in the world and used them to look deeper into the Universe than ever before. His favorite and most famous was his 20-foot telescope. The wooden tube from that telescope, mounted on a scaled-down replica of its framework, is on display in Explore the Universe.
  • Herschel Telescope in Explore the Universe

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Eric Long

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SI 2001-10222

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