Welcome to The William Herschel Society
Our aim is to spread knowledge of the life, work, and times of Herschel and his family, and to encourage greater understanding today of the subjects he studied.
We do this in several ways:
- We support the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath in the house where he made many of his discoveries
- We encourage research into Herschel’s life and publications
- We arrange Astronomy Lectures in Bath in collaboration with the BRLSI, the University of Bath, and others
- We organise astronomical observing events through Bath Astronomers
- We support other local educational activities such as Bath Taps into Science
- We support the performance and recording of Herschel’s music
- We send our 6-monthly Journal to all Members
- We have a Facebook Group
- We have a Twitter Account
We always welcome new members. Joining instructions here.
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William Herschel was arguably the greatest of all astronomical observers. While he is most famous as the discoverer of Uranus in 1781, he advanced many areas of astronomy and science, and was a noted musician and composer.
