CAROLINE HERSCHEL

HOMENATGE A CAROLINE HERSCHEL

Caroline Herschel was the first woman to spot a comet in his honor one of the craters on the moon says Caroline Herschel and devoted himself to studying the universe.

The 16 March 1750, he was helping his brother, William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 and worked for KingGeorge III of England.

His father was a musician cultural declined to give their children an education in different disciplines, from astronomy to music and languages​​.

Caroline Herschel collaborated with his brother in the design and construction of telescopes and cataloging their comments; together they discover a thousand double stars.

She was the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science, to be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828), and to be named an Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society (1835, with Mary Somerville). She was also named an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy (1838). The King of Prussia presented her with a Gold Medal for Science, on the occasion of her 96th birthday (1846).