Image: Herschel-Galaxy
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Description: 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.)
Title: Herschel-Galaxy
Credit: "Section of our sidereal system." Herschel, William. "On the Construction of the Heavens. By William Herschel, Esq. FRS." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 75 (1785)
Author: Caroline Herschel
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