Sir William Herschel

"I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me." // music teacher, performer, composer, organist, astronomer // grinding since 1738 // 🔭

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

@mrdrewsscience putting slips of paper in the scrotum of science and making his students pick them out

[Sir Isaac Newton @ahajhdhwiwbs]

the moon isn't real

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

jk it's caroline. anyways will's dead, died on august 25t but no biggie he lived a pretty decent life rip in peace big bro

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

hey everyone it's lil ole hershey tweeting from the grave

[Varahamihira @Varahamihira12]

When you notice an invisible force pushing everything closer to Earth but decide not to say anything about it

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

super grateful that my son decided to follow in my footsteps and become an astronomer, you're doing great john

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

me: where u from
@EinssteinAlbert: bedford
me: where's that?
him: bedford

guys i think he might be from bedford

[George Gamow @georgegamow1]

~~from george's assistant~~
george passed after tweeting this
August 19, 1968

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

do i believe the other planets/moon/sun are inhabited? yes. do you need to come for me cos of that? no. #stayinyourlane

[Sir Isaac Newton @ahajhdhwiwbs]

despite the size of my newtonballs i remained celibate my entire life

[Maria Mitchell @MariaMitchy1818]

I was still rockin when I discovered MY comet #MissMitchellsComet

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

just goes to show ya, u don't need to go to some prestigious school to be a success, i dropped out at 14 and i like to think i'm doing well

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

not only did i found sidereal astronomy, i'm also not too shabby at playing the oboe 🎶🎵

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

first president of the royal astronomical society AND a knight of the royal guelphic order

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

i came up with the theory of stellar evolution & discovered infrared radiation #whenwillurfavever

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

discovered uranus and its moons titania and oberon

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

i catalogued like 145 double stars it was wild 🌟🌟

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

who came up with the word "asteroid"? ME

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

got married to the one and only mary pitt, wassup babe

[Sir William Herschel @willhersheys]

i made my own mirrors and telescopes cos apparently no one else can live up to my standards #getonmylevel