Documentary Screening (and Q&A after) by Filmmaker George Sibley
Lowell Observatory, Giclas Lecture Hall 1400 W Mars Hill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesWilliam Herschel and the Universe - A Documentary Film by George Sibley William Herschel, a 42 year old musician and amateur astronomer, discovered the first "new" planet in history in 1781. His telescopes, observations and theories transformed what was the clockwork universe imagined by Isaac Newton into the evolutionary and wonder-filled cosmos we know today. […]