In the late 1700s, Herschel correctly deduced that the Sun was located in a disk-like collection of stars we now call the Milky way Galaxy. Unfortunately, he came to the wrong conclusion that the Sun location was near the center. What was the main reason for the incorrect assumption?
A. He believed the Sun was in the center of the Milky Way and ignored data not in support of that conclusion.
B. Not only was he unable to see large portions of the galactic disk, but he was also unaware of the interstellar dust, which obstructed his observations
C. The Sun's position in the Milky Way at that time was very unusual and skewed his results.
D. He only counted globular clusters, and not regular stars.



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