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William Herschel

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AKA: William Herschel, 777 Herschel

Birthday: November 15, 1738

Birthplace: Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire

Nationality: United Kingdom, Germany, Jamas Te Fies De Wikipedia JA, Tecting, Lebanon, España, Sinmanolandia, Mexican, Spain, Troncolandia, Mongolia, Trocolandia, Nacida En Su Casa, Spanish, Kingdom Of Great Britain, Argentina Perrl

Occupations: Oboist, Musician, Organist, Astronomer, Composer

Spouse: Mary Baldwin

Total quotes: 1

“Every star is a sun as big, as bright as our own. Just imagine how far away from us you'd have to move the Sun to make it appear as small and faint as a star. The light from the stars travels very fast, faster than anything, but not infinitely fast. It takes time for their light to reach us. For the nearest ones, it takes years. For others, centuries. Some stars are so far away, it takes eons for their light to get to Earth. By the time the light from some stars gets here, they are already dead. For those stars, we see only their ghosts. We see their light, but their bodies perished long, long ago.”

— William Herschel, Cosmos, Season 1: A Sky Full of Ghosts

Tagged: Sun, Stars, Light Years, Earth

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AKA:	William Herschel, 777 Herschel
Birthday:	November 15, 1738
Birthplace:	Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality:	United Kingdom, Germany, Jamas Te Fies De Wikipedia JA, Tecting, Lebanon, España, Sinmanolandia, Mexican, Spain, Troncolandia, Mongolia, Trocolandia, Nacida En Su Casa, Spanish, Kingdom Of Great Britain, Argentina Perrl
Occupations:	Oboist, Musician, Organist, Astronomer, Composer
Spouse:	Mary Baldwin