Herschel-Galaxy

Autor:

Caroline Herschel

Credit:

"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.

Krótki link:

https://plwiki.pl/b/ed88

źródło:

Wikimedia Commons

Wymiary:

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Opis:

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.)

Licencja:

Public domain