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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]
The most successful visual comet discoverer of all time was Jean-Louis Pons, who claimed to have discovered thirty-seven; the second most prolific was William Robert Brooks. The first woman known to have discovered comets was Caroline Herschel. The first telescopic discovery of a comet was made by Gottfried Kirch in 1680.
35P/Herschel–Rigollet is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 155 years and an orbital inclination of 64 degrees. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years). [1] It was discovered by Caroline Herschel (Slough, United Kingdom) on 21 December 1788.
281 Lucretia is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. [4] It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 31 October 1888 in Vienna, and is named after the middle name of Caroline Herschel, one of the first female astronomers. [6]
The comet was particularly known at the time for exhibiting two tails, one pointing away from the Sun and the other (termed an "anomalous tail" by Karl Harding and Heinrich Olbers) [3] pointing towards it. Caroline Herschel recorded an observation of the comet on January 31, 1824 as the last entry in her observing book. [4]
NGC 7789 (also known as Caroline's Rose, [4] Caroline's Haystack, [5] or the White Rose Cluster) is an open cluster in Cassiopeia that was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. Her brother William Herschel included it in his catalog as H VI.30. This cluster is also known as the "White Rose" Cluster or "Caroline's Rose" Cluster because when ...
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The galaxy was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 during one of her systematic comet searches. [4] [5] About half a century later, John Herschel observed it using his 18-inch metallic mirror reflector at the Cape of Good Hope. [5] He wrote: "very bright and large (24′ in length); a superb object....