It is very probable that the great stratum called the Milky Way is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.... We gather this from the appearance of the Galaxy, which seems to encompass the whole heavens, as it certainly must do if the sun is within it.


Ch.4 "Life and Works". - Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works (1880)

William Herschel Quotes

It is very probable that the great stratum called the Milky Way is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its...

It is very probable that the great stratum called the Milky Way is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its...

It is very probable that the great stratum called the Milky Way is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its...

It is very probable that the great stratum called the Milky Way is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its...