Here are some photos I took this year in South Africa, London and Paris.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dunlop18...ierAndHerschel
Information on Charles Messier, William and John Herschel
and the SAAO can be found here:
Charles Messier (1730 - 1817)
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/biograph.html
Hotel de Cluny
http://www.seds.org/messier/Xtra/history/cluny.html
http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/index.html
Friedrich William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
http://www.seds.org/messier/Xtra/Bios/wherschel.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel
St Laurence's Church, Slough
http://www.slough.gov.uk/mytown/articles/2235.asp
Herschel Society in Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mononoke/ttnd...ish_index.html
John Herschel (1792-1871)
http://www.nndb.com/people/054/000086793/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herschel
The Grove Primary School, Claremont, Cape Town.
http://www.geocities.com/wapenskild/GrovePS.html
William & John Herschel’s original catalogues (large files)
http://www.ngcic.org/Historical_Record/default.htm
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
http://www.saao.ac.za/
The guy at the gate refused to let me in!
The SALT 11m telescope
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres across. Great place to visit.
http://www.salt.ac.za/