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Français : Représentation de la Voie Lactée selon William Herschel. A noter qu'il s'était trompé puisqu'il avait placé le soleil au centre de notre galaxie.
English: The shape of our Galaxy as deduced from star counts by William Herschel in 1785; the solar system was assumed near center. (NOTE: The image shown is flipped 180 degrees on the horizontal axis from the original, as first published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1785; the bifurcated arms of the illustration should be on the left.)
Source "Section of our sidereal system." Herschel, William (1785). "On the Construction of the Heavens. By William Herschel, Esq. FRS.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 75: 216-266. DOI:10.2307/106755.
Author Caroline Herschel
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The shape of our Galaxy as deduced from star counts by William Herschel in 1785

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current17:20, 3 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:20, 3 February 2006668 × 200 (32 KB)FredAThe shape of our Galaxy as deduced from star counts by William Herschel in 1785; the solar system was assumed near center. La forme de notre Galaxie déduite de comptages d'étoiles par William Herschel en 1785, le système solaire étant supposé près

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