Theoretical stellar structures and a ring nebula mb-width 1720 North-west view of Westminster Hall

North-west view of Westminster Hall

had made such important contributions in shaping the final form of the Bill

A young boy stands on the street corner

9th September 1977

Theoretical stellar structures and a ring nebula mb-width 1720 North-west view of Westminster HallPlate 8 figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 from the paper 'On the construction of the heavens', by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 75 (1785), pp. 213 266. Illustrations to support Herschel's speculations on the larger structures formed by stars. Figure 1 shows an ideal arrangement of four sections of cones of stars, the stars filling the space most evenly. Figure 2 shows an alternative arrangement with one star at the apex