science

What type of telescope is the Mcmath telescope? Where is it located?

How often does Halleys comet appear? What famous person is associated with this comet?

Where can I get info showing the time line development of the telescope?

what did British astronomer William Herschal discover in 1787?

[Remcook]

what did British astronomer William Herschal discover in 1787?
1781 -herschel discovered Uranus. not sure about 1787

What type of telescope is the Mcmath telescope? Where is it located?
radio telescope on peach mountain, michigan
www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/t...cmath.html

How often does Halleys comet appear? What famous person is associated with this comet?
-76 years
seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nine...alley.html

Halley itself is pretty famous...but maybe William of Normandy on the tapestry of Bayeux
www.getty.edu/artsednet/r...lleys.html

[Remcook]

Nice timeline:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti...technology

[Remcook]

1787: three volcanoes on the moon  
www.space.edu/moon/timeli...schel.html

In the same year he also discovered Oberon and Titania, 2 moons of Uranus

seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nine...ranus.html

[RedWhiteArcher]

Ok am I the only one here that noticed that we did his homework?

[Remcook]

No, but it was such fun! See also remark by him/herhere