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The 35 pages that link to William Herschel, each with the reason it gives.

• Infrared astronomyRelated: His experiment established that radiation invisible to the eye could be studied scientifically.

• Infrared spectroscopyRelated: His discovery established the radiation that infrared spectroscopy later measured.

• Thomas YoungRelated: Herschel’s experiments on the spectrum formed part of the optical research surrounding Young.

• Reflecting telescopeRelated: His giant reflectors extended the scale and reach of observational astronomy.

• Vibrational spectroscopyRelated: His discovery identified radiation beyond red light that later enabled infrared spectroscopy.

• John HerschelRelated: John extended his father’s surveys and observed the southern sky to complement them.

• UranusRelated: Herschel first recognized Uranus as a moving object beyond Saturn.

• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal SocietyRelated: The journal published his 1781 report announcing the discovery of Uranus.

• NebulaRelated: His observations helped establish nebulae as varied objects rather than one uniform class.

• New General CatalogueRelated: His observations supplied many of the objects and descriptions Dreyer assembled.

• Caroline HerschelRelated: Her brother and principal collaborator trained her in astronomy and shared observations.

• Optical astronomyRelated: His observations extended astronomy beyond visible light into infrared wavelengths.

• William Hyde WollastonRelated: Herschel’s optical investigations shared the experimental world in which Wollaston worked.

• Pierre MéchainRelated: Herschel’s discoveries expanded the same class of objects Méchain and Messier cataloged.

• Royal Astronomical SocietyRelated: His son John helped establish the society, and William became its first president.

• Hubble Deep FieldRelated: His attempts to infer cosmic structure from star counts frame the deep field's different, galaxy-based view.

• Lagoon NebulaRelated: Herschel studied the nebula and described its complex structure.

• Astronomical instrumentationRelated: Herschel's measurements extended astronomical instrumentation beyond visible light.

• Cassini DivisionRelated: His observations helped distinguish the principal divisions in Saturn’s ring system.

• Messier 13Related: Herschel resolved Messier 13 into stars, revealing its nature as a stellar cluster.

• Moons of UranusRelated: Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon in 1787, beginning the known moon catalogue.

• NGC 4151Related: Herschel discovered NGC 4151 in 1787 during his surveys of the northern sky.

• Visible-light astronomyRelated: His large telescopes and systematic surveys expanded the reach of visible astronomy.

• Andromeda–Milky Way collisionRelated: His early observations established Andromeda as an object whose nature and motion invited comparison with the Milky Way.

• Dumbbell NebulaRelated: He described Messier 27’s shape in terms that inspired its common name.

• Messier 15Related: His observations resolved Messier 15 into stars, advancing its identification as a cluster.

• Messier 22Related: His telescopic work advanced the study of objects such as Messier 22.

• Trifid NebulaRelated: Herschel popularized the name “Trifid” after describing its divided appearance.

• Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemRelated: His discovery showed that new planets could be found beyond the ancient naked-eye inventory.

• Dorothea KlumpkeRelated: His nebula catalogues formed part of the observational tradition Klumpke extended.

• Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias OlbersRelated: Herschel’s investigations of the heavens formed part of the astronomical context for Olbers’s work.

• Johann Wilhelm RitterRelated: His discovery of invisible radiation beyond red provided a precedent for Ritter’s work beyond violet.

• Messier 4Related: His observations helped resolve Messier 4 into individual stars.