The Astronomer Who Mapped Stars No One Had Seen
In 1786, Caroline Herschel stood in the cold garden of their home in Slough, England, sweeping the sky with a telescope her brother William had...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18.
In 1786, Caroline Herschel stood in the cold garden of their home in Slough, England, sweeping the sky with a telescope her brother William had built. Night after night, she catalogued nebulae and comets that no human eye had ever recorded — eight comets in all, and thousands of star clusters hidden in the dark. She was the first woman to discover a comet, the first to earn a salary as a scientist from the British Crown.…
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