# #Mon Aug 09 12:11:54 CEST 2010 Text__Pi6CwKOeEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Sir William Herschel Text__Pi6CwKOeEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. He postulated that nebulae consist of stars and invented a theory about the development of stars. He follows the tradition of the great astronomers of the Renaissance and pushed ahead with the development and construction of telescopes.