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Caroline Herschel
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... Caroline Herschel was born on the 15th of March 1750 as one of six children in her family. ... Caroline was a healthy child but she caught typhus at the age of ten that caused her to stop growing. ... Her numerous brothers all showed interest in music as did she but Caroline also showed an interest in astronomy that he tried to help satiate. ...
Herschel’s brother, Frederick William Herschel was also raised to become a musician but he studied astronomy and mathematics as a hobby. At the age of 22, Herschel received an invitation from her brother to live with him in England. ...
Herschel not only put together parts for telescopes but she was familiar with how to use them and also how to catalogue observations of the night sky. ...
After 1788, Caroline began to work more independently because William had married someone. ... Caroline also recatalogued John Flamsteed’s star catalogue adding several hundred others that Flamsteed had omitted.
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Title: Caroline Herschel
Words: 735
Rating: None
Pages: 2.9
submitted by: azntiger31
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