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Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in the town of Hanover Germany on 16 March 1750. She was the eighth child and fourth daughter of Isaak Herschel (1707–1767), a self-taught oboist , and his wife, Anna Ilse Moritzen (1710–1789).
Caroline Herschel is granted an annual salary of £50, by King George III of Great Britain, for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy. [93] The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Waynesborough, and designates it the seat for Wayne County, North Carolina. The town becomes extinct after 1865.
Arnold was born in Galesburg, Illinois, but grew up in Garden City, New York. ... Caroline's Comets: A True Story (2017), biography of Caroline Herschel. References
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), ...
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 ...
NGC 2360 (also known as Caroline's Cluster [3] or Caldwell 58) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major. It was discovered on 26 February 1783 [ 4 ] by Caroline Herschel , who described it as a "beautiful cluster of pretty compressed stars near 1/2 degree in diameter". [ 5 ]
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