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| The Herschel Museum of Astronomy |
The book forms an important part of the display within the house.
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is in New King Street, where self-taught amateur astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in March 1781. In doing so, he doubled the size of the known universe.
His sister Caroline was also a talented astronomer and the first woman to discover a comet.
The book is a vellum-bound volume, compiled by Caroline Herschel from the mid-1780s.
Written in Caroline’s own hand, it lists over a hundred names of people who came to see them, including the King and Queen, to look through William’s telescopes.
Website: www.herschelmuseum.org.uk
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