Herschel Society

Welcome to the Herschel Society Youtube channel. Enjoy the videos about William Herschel and his family, their key roles in the development of astronomy, and William's early career in music.
Some of the videos are filmed in the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath, which is run by the Bath Preservation Trust , and is the house where William discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
It will include stories about Caroline Herschel, William's sister, who was the first paid female astronomer. She partnered William in the comprehensive cataloguing of the deep sky beyond our solar system that made them key founders of modern astronomy.