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Re: (IAAC) Caroline Herschel
>Hi Lew, etal;
>
>A very nice night last night out in the Arizona desert about
>50 miles from central Phoenix. Just scanning around with the
>6 inch RFT. I did post a few observations.
>
>I have a question about Caroline Herschel. I think I would
>like to observe or re-observe all the objects she discovered.
>I know NGC 7789, 891, 205 (M110) and some other smaller
>clusters in CAS are on the list. Does anyone have any
>others?
>
>I am assuming she found these objects while comet hunting,
>I believe she used a 6 inch made for her by William for
>that purpose. Does anyone know anything more about that
>scope?
>
>Considering an article and planning to put it together
>over the next several months and wondering if anyone
>has done all of her objects? Sounds like fun.
>
>Clear Skies all;
>Steve Coe
Hi Steve,
take a look in my web site at
http://pegase.unice.fr/~skylink/publi/cielextreme
and go the the HISTORY menu were short biographies are presented including
one about Caroline.
the SEDS site gives also a good resume about her astronomical activity and
the objects she discovered at:
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/deepskyd.html
and also the site on AstroHistory
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
clear kies, Yann.
Yann Pothier tel: 01 43 41 43 29
11 impasse Canart, 75012 PARIS, FRANCE
Email: ypothier@abi.snv.jussieu.fr
Site : http://pegase.unice.fr/~skylink/publi/cielextreme
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