Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German-born British astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. She was the younger sister of astronomer William Herschel, with whom she worked throughout her career.
Caroline Herschel at 78, one year after winning the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1828
Caroline Herschel giving tea to her brother William polishing a telescope mirror, 1896 Lithograph
A telescope that William Herschel made for Caroline 1795
1847 lithograph of Caroline Herschel around 97 years of age
Frederick William Herschel was a German-British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover, William Herschel followed his father into the military band of Hanover, before emigrating to Great Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen.
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1785
Original manuscript of Symphony No. 15 in E-flat major (1762)
Replica in the William Herschel Museum, Bath, of a telescope similar to that with which Herschel discovered Uranus
Herschel's mirror polisher, on display in the Science Museum, London
