Discoveries and Theories

    Uranus is so far from Earth that even with a telescope, it looks like a dim star.  The planet wasn't discovered until the 18th century.

1690 -  English astronomer John Flamsteed discovers what he thinks is a new star.  He calls it 34 Tauri.  The "star" was near the constellation Taurus the Bull.  34 Tauri was actually Uranus.

1700s -  Astronomer Pierre Charles Lemonnier spots Uranus 13 different times.  He thinks he has seen 13 different stars!