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Google pays homage to Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel, Anglo-German astronomer, is now remembered with a Google doodle, which marks the 266 anniversary of the self-taught astronomer who discovered the comet 35P / Herschel-Rigollet
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Google pays tribute Caroline Herschel, who was born on March 16, 1750, in Hanover, Germany, and would die in the same city, January 9, 1848.
a member of a family German musicians, and after being checked by a teacher who had depressive problems, Caroline moved to England in 1772, where he was his brother, the astronomer William Herschel.
He created the cord umbilical where it would stand out. Self-taught in astronomy, was interested also in mathematics, becoming assistant of his brother. And when the state began to pay his assistant work of his brother, Herschel became the first woman to be paid for collaborating with science.
Caroline Herschel participated actively in search of jobs brother (as himself acknowledged) particularly in work related to high-performance telescopes. Learned to copy astronomical catalogs William loaned, learned how to record, summarize and organize astronomical observations of his brother, who was an official astronomer of King George III and moved to the Observatory House Slough (then Buckinghamshire, now Berkshire).
the most important contribution of Caroline Herschel to astronomy were discovered several comets, especially the comet 35P / Herschel-Rigollet.
the broad capabilities of Caroline Herschel allowed him to reach Astronomer of the Court, a position to which he was appointed in 1787, becoming the first woman to earn such distinction and to be paid.
However Caroline started to make their own observations a few years earlier, in 1782. During leisure hours, watching the sky with a Newtonian telescope. With this equipment, it detected several astronomical objects, between 1783 and 1787, which include the findings of M110 (NGC 205), an elliptical galaxy toward the constellation Andromeda. In the period 1786 to 1797, Caroline discovered eight comets – the first on 1 August 1786. In five of these findings, the German was considered the principal
It was not long until Caroline Herschel gain recognition. throughout Europe, becoming one of the greatest astronomers of his time and – google doodle proves it – even beyond their time
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Want alongside his brother, either independently discovered new comets, which allowed him to receive several awards and distinctions, including aa Royal Gold Medal Astronomical Society in 1828 and the Gold Medal of the Prussian King Science in 1846 – then had 96 years of age
With his brother’s wedding William Herschel, Caroline becomes more independent.. And many of the discoveries of his own were made without his brother. As a young man continued to work alone in many astronomical projects that allowed him recognition.
Herschel won a gold medal from the Astronomical Society of London (1828), by cataloging the 2500 nebulae discovered by her brother.
in 1835, she was elected an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical society, along Mary Sommerville – becoming the first women to participate in society. In 1838, Caroline Herschel became an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
He was also awarded a Gold Medal for Science (1846) by the King of Prussia, handed to her by Alexander von Humboldt , in recognition for “valuable services, discoveries, observations and calculations.”
the asteroid 281 Lucretia, discovered in 1888, pays homage to Caroline taking his second name . A crater on the moon is named after him, the crater C. Herschel.
In 1822, after William’s death, Caroline back to Hanover, where he continued his astronomical work, producing nebulae one book to help his nephew, John Herschel at the beginning of his career.
Caroline Herschel would die on January 9, 1848, precisely the homeland. He is buried in the cemetery Gartengemeinde in that city
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