Posts Tagged ‘astronomy history’
Stargazing Among the Shrubs: William Herschel’s Backyard Astronomy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. July 8, 1822 On this day, dear readers, we find ourselves peering into the private diary of one Caroline Herschel, a woman whose gaze often turned skyward, but whose feet remained firmly planted…
Read MoreLeonids Meteor Shower of 1799: A Spectacular Celestial Show Witnessed by Humboldt and Douglass
The Leonids Meteor Shower On this day in 1799, the Leonids meteor shower was seen from Europe and South America. The famous German explorer and botanist Alexander Humboldt had just arrived in South America to begin his great five-year exploration, and he wrote this in his journal from Chile as he saw the Leonids: “The…
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