Thanks Dave, My memory wasn't as bad as believed. Apparently, there was the Behemoth by Herschel and Lord Rosse's Leviathan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bennett" <dlbennett@mac.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:14:20 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Happy Birthday William Herschel Speculum! Gesundheit!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-foot_telescope The photograph of the frame taken by John Herschel is cool...I've never seen that before. Dave Bennett On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:26 AM, "Hutchings, Mat (H USA)" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> wrote: Joan, off the top of my head, it sounds like you are describing Lord Rosse's telescope in Ireland. I believe that was the first telescope to reveal the "spiral nebula", later to be discovered as galaxies. I'm sure others will correct me if I've got it wrong. Sorry, but I don't have time at the moment to verify this via the internet... Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jcarman6@q.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:06 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Happy Birthday William Herschel Thanks for the post Jay, it was interesting reading. Didn't Herschel build the "Behemoth"? I recall it was a newtonian with a metal mirror. The tube was so long, it was held up by scaffolding and to move it to a new object required pulleys and such. That's a far cry from today's goto's :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Eads" <jayleads@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:25:52 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Happy Birthday William Herschel Today is William Herschel's birthday. Significant since I am chasing his 2500 objects . . . Here is a nice article on him to enjoy. http://www.oneminuteastronomer.com/4902/william-herschel/ -- Jay Eads _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to Central.SecurityOffice@siemens.com Thank you _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php