Until she was 37, Caroline polished Williams telescope lenses. She then went on to help him discover Uranus.
Most say she died just because of old age. She was 98.
William and Caroline Herschel were a brother and sister astronomers who made many important discoveries such as the planet Uranus, how to make giant refractors, 1000s of galaxies and nebulae, and an early approximation of what the Milky Way galaxy looks like.
During her life, she discovered a total of eight comets and three nebulae.
Federick William Herschel was the inventor of the Hersinian telescope. He invented this in his backyard with his sister Caroline while discovering an odd shaped star in the sky looking threw a Newtonian telescope.
Sir John Herschel 1792-1871 was the son of William Herschel and nephew of Caroline Herschel. He travelled to South Africa to catalogue the southern stars, but he also did a lot of work on photography and studied the flowers in the area, and also wrote on meteorology geography.
Caroline Herschel was born in 1750.
Caroline Herschel was born in Hanover, Germany.
Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750.
Caroline Herschel died in Hanover, Germany on January 8, 1848 at the age of 97.
Caroline Herschel died on January 9, 1848 at the age of 97.
NO she did not.
Caroline Herschel was born on March 16, 1750 and died on January 9, 1848. Caroline Herschel would have been 97 years old at the time of death or 265 years old today.
She was famous for astronomy.
a special comet named 35P/Herschel-Rigollet.
Caroline Herschel is the first recorded woman to discover a comet. During her life, she discovered a total of eight new comets and three new nebulae.
Most say she died just because of old age. She was 98.
She had 2 sisters and 4 brothers, one of the brothers was William Herschel.