Titania was discovered by William Herschel on January 11, 1787, the same day he discovered Uranus's second largest moon, Oberon.[1][9] He later reported the discoveries of four more satellites,[10] although they were subsequently revealed as spurious.[11] For nearly fifty years following their discovery, Titania and Oberon would not be observed by any instrument other than William Herschel's,[12] although the moon can be seen from Earth with a present-day high-end amateur telescope