Collection: Who is the first person to observe Saturn's stars?

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This illustration comes from the "Paper on the Practical Astronomy Observation Platform" published in 1844. The author is British astronomer Henry Laushan.He was the first person to observe the phenomenon of Saturn's hidden star, and he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of the UK in 1840.

The astronomical telescope in the picture was donated to the local government of Notterer to build Lawson Midland Observatory.However, the Observatory has not been completed, so the telescope was later given to the Greenwich Royal Navy Academy.

The reason why Lawson was so generous, because he was not only a astronomer, but also the owner of a glasses manufacturing company.This company is the family industry inherited by Lawson. He himself is not interested in business at all, and his mind is all on scientific research.In Lawrson's will, he donated a lot of heritage to charity.

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