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Home of the Herschels, street side, Slough, Eng.

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Abstract:
A photograph of Observatory House, the residence of Caroline and William Herschel in Slough, England. Caroline moved to a nearby cottage on the grounds of the house, after her brother married in 1788. The Herschels were both excellent astronomers. William discovered Uranus, as well as several of its moons; Caroline, meanwhile, discover eight comets, and remains the only woman to have received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828).

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"Home of the Herschels, street side, Slough, Eng." (1955). Archives of the Ladd Observatory. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:38920/

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