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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]
Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), ... (1846–1922) American physician, by 1867 she was the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States;
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.
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 first woman to receive the Gold Medal was Caroline Herschel in 1828. No other woman received the award until Vera Rubin in 1996. Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge were jointly awarded the 2005 Gold Medal in astronomy, the first joint award since 1886.
The Herschel family is a famous Anglo-German family of astronomers who lived from the 18th to the 20th century. [1] ... Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), ...
In 1828, he married Caroline, ... In 1846, he was appointed joint secretary with the Hon. F. Bruce to the new railway commission. ... Sir John Herschel succeeded him ...
281 Lucretia (Caroline Lucretia Herschel) 339 Dorothea (Dorothea Klumpke) 349 Dembowska (Ercole Dembowski) ... 1846 Bengt (Bengt Strömgren) 1850 Kohoutek (Luboš ...