A Conversation for The Great Telescope of Birr Castle, Ireland

Kant

Post 1

Recumbentman

Excellent stuff, Gnomon! I remember reading or hearing once that the 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant was the first person to surmise that nebulas might be other galaxies like our own.

Yes, here's a link: http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/kant/

Amazingly ahead of the observations!


Kant

Post 2

Gnomon - time to move on

Interesting! I didn't know who had originated the idea that the nebulas were in fact galaxies.


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