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    Caroline Lucretia Herschel (/ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər-/; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-born British astronomer, whose most significant contributions...
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    his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band...
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    fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well...
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    Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the son of Mary Baldwin and astronomer Sir William Herschel. He was the nephew of astronomer Caroline Herschel...
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    Herschel is named after Sir William Herschel, the discoverer of the infrared spectrum and planet Uranus, and his sister and collaborator Caroline Herschel...
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    friendship with John's aunt the astronomer Caroline Herschel, where Margaret sought to learn about Caroline's scientific career.: 253  As her children grew...
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    formerly the home of William Herschel and his sister Caroline. The museum is situated in the former home of the Herschels at 19 New King Street (south...
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    C. Herschel is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the western part of Mare Imbrium. It is named after German astronomer Caroline Herschel. It is...
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    Messier 110 (category Discoveries by Caroline Herschel)
    1773. M110 was independently discovered by Caroline Herschel on August 27, 1783; her brother William Herschel described her discovery in 1785. The suggestion...
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  • family of astronomers: William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer...
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    was then greatly increased by the efforts of William Herschel and his sister, Caroline Herschel. Their Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters...
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    the name of an 18th-century observatory established by William and Caroline Herschel in Windsor Street, Slough. After the original building had been demolished...
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  • American pediatrician Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), German astronomer Caroline Herzenberg (born 1932), American physicist Caroline Pellew (1882–1963),...
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    which lies near Dresden. William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer...
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  • nebulae first published in 1786 by William Herschel, with the assistance of his sister Caroline Herschel. It was later expanded into the General Catalogue...
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  • (crater) - a lunar crater named after John Herschel C. Herschel (crater) - a lunar crater named after Caroline Herschel This article includes a list of related...
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    expanded and consolidated the cataloguing work of William and Caroline Herschel, and John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Objects...
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  • pairs) Mary Anning, Paul Dirac, Rosalind Franklin, William Herschel and Caroline Herschel, Dorothy Hodgkin, Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, Stephen...
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    Sculptor Galaxy (category Discoveries by Caroline Herschel)
    was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 during one of her systematic comet searches. About half a century later, John Herschel observed it using his...
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    cluster of stars in the Monoceros constellation. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. (SIMBAD 2007) harv error: no target: CITEREFSIMBAD2007 (help)...
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    no award was made. The first woman to receive the Gold Medal was Caroline Herschel in 1828. No other woman received the award until Vera Rubin in 1996...
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    his catalogue of comet-like objects in 1781. Caroline Herschel, the younger sister of William Herschel, independently discovered it in 1783, thinking...
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    for Achievement in the Sciences in New Delhi, India. She was the Caroline Herschel Distinguished Visitor at the Space Telescope Science Institute in...
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    Credit for discovery is sometimes given instead to Caroline Herschel in 1783. Her nephew John Herschel described it as, "a superb cluster which fills the...
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  • comet with (20 years < period < 200 years). It was discovered by Caroline Herschel (Slough, United Kingdom) on 21 December 1788. Given that the comet...
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  • and the Condition of Women (1838). Angelique du Coudray 1712 France Caroline Herschel Court midwife to Louis XV of France who trained around 4,000 poor...
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    The telescope was constructed by Sir William Herschel, with the assistance of his sister Caroline Herschel, between 1785 and 1789 in Slough, with components...
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    Charles Messier on 1771. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel. There is no cluster in the position indicated by Messier, which he...
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  • Herschel Catalogue may refer to: Herschel Space Observatory catalogue of observations Catalogues published by William Herschel and Caroline Herschel Catalogue...
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  • Earth. John Herschel was married to Mary Cornwallis Herschel, whose memoir of John's great aunt Caroline Herschel was published in 1876. Herschel returned...
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