NOVAC Public Meeting, Dr. Robert Smith presents The Herschels: A Most Astronomical Family and the Transformation of Astronomy, 10/13/2024, 7:30 pm EDT

Dr. Robert Smith from the University of Alberta will present:  The Herschels: A Most Astronomical Family and the Transformation of Astronomy. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, professional astronomers who worked at official observatories focused on the motions of astronomical bodies. The stars were generally only of interest as they provided a background grid [...]