When1: 1773
When2: 1781
Who: William Herschel [Herschel, William]
What: astronomer/chemist
Where: London, England
works\ Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars [1782 to 1802]
Detail: He lived 1738 to 1822, studied infrared light [1773 to 1781], first saw Uranus [1781], and published a star catalog [1782 to 1802]. Solar system is moving through space [1783].
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