In the 1790s,Sir William Herschel tried to measure the Sun's position in our Galaxy by
A) counting the density of stars in different directions along the Milky Way.
B) comparing our Galaxy with photographs of the Andromeda Galaxy.
C) measuring the locations of globular clusters around the Galaxy.
D) measuring distances to star clusters and H II regions in the disk of the Galaxy.

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Herschel attempted to determine the Sun's position in the Milky Way by counting stars in different directions, assuming that the direction with the most stars would indicate the center of the galaxy. This method was based on the visibility and density of stars, not on photographs of other galaxies or specific measurements of distances to clusters or regions within the Milky Way.

In the 1790s,Sir William Herschel Tried to Measure the Sun's