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Caroline Lucretia Herschel (16 March 1750 - 9 Jan 1848)

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Caroline Herschel was honored lately by the astronomical community by naming a Lunar Crater after her.

Caroline Herschel's Comet Discoveries:

1786 Aug  1  C/1786 P1    1786II   Herschel
1788 Dec 21  35P/1788 Y1  1788II   P/Herschel-Rigollet
1790 Jan  7  C/1790 A1    1790I    Herschel
1790 Apr 18  C/1790 H1    1790III  Herschel
1791 Dec 15  C/1791 X1    1792I    Herschel
1793 Oct  7  C/1793 S2    1993I    Messier
1995 Nov  7  2P/1795 V1   1795     P/Encke
1797 Aug 14  C/1797 P1    1797     Bouvard-Herschel-Lee

  • Caroline Herschel's Deep Sky Discoveries
  • Biography of Caroline Herschel (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland)
  • Biography of Caroline Herschel by Chris Plicht
  • Biography of Caroline Herschel by Gary Kronk
  • Letter from Caroline Herschel (1750-1848). A poem by Siv Cedering - see introduction to Women of Science


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