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Caroline Lucretia Herschel [1] (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl, ˈ h ɛər ʃ əl / HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, [2] German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German astronomer, [3] whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. [4]
[56] [58] Caroline Herschel was honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society for this work in 1828. [59] Caroline also continued to serve as William Herschel's assistant, often taking notes while he observed at the telescope. [60] For her work as William's assistant, she was granted an annual salary of £50 by George III.
William Herschel (1738–1822), astronomer and composer, discoverer of Uranus; Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), astronomer and singer, sister of Sir William Herschel; John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer, son of Sir William Herschel; Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), astronomer, grandson of Sir William Herschel
Caroline Herschel; H. Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1859) ... John Herschel the Younger; W. William Herschel; Sir William Herschel, 2nd ...
Mary Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil; née Fairfax, formerly Greig; 26 December 1780 – 29 November 1872) [1] was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath.She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
The Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars was first published in 1786 by William Herschel in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. [1] In 1789, he added another 1,000 entries, [2] and finally another 500 in 1802, [3] bringing the total to 2,500 entries. This catalogue originated the usage of letters and catalogue ...
The NGC expanded and consolidated the cataloguing work of William and Caroline Herschel, and John Herschel's General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Objects south of the celestial equator are catalogued somewhat less thoroughly, but many were included based on observation by John Herschel or James Dunlop.
William Herschel's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diameter primary mirror with a 40-foot-long (12 m) focal length (hence its name "Forty-Foot" ).