The relationship between the Observatory and the Herschel family lasted over a century. When William Herschel first discovered the planet Uranus in 1781, it was 5th Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, ...

Sir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivalled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and nebulae, and these objects ...

The bust was commissioned by Sir William Watson and, according to Caroline Herschel's autobiography, executed (probably from a life-mask) between April and October 1787: 'My Brother's bust was taken ...

Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was a German-born astronomer who battled against prejudice to become an accomplished and respected member of the astronomical community. She did important work assisting ...

Apparently copied in reverse from an earlier (ca. 179-?) etching with lettering "View of Dr Herschel's forty feet telescope", which shows the same two figures in 18th-century costume, and some ...

New visitor to our solar system 'sends a shiver down the spine' of scientist studying it ...

Herschel sat for this portrait on the encouragement of his friend, the naturalist, Sir William Watson: 'When you are in town on full moon nights you may perhaps spare an hour early in the morning, & ...

The original Artaud portrait was commissioned by the sitter's son, John Frederick William Herschel in 1819. This copy was made from a painting commissioned by Bertie Greatheed, a friend of the family, ...

Toni Vogel Carey on a memorable but forgotten scientist and philosopher. If the name Herschel rings a bell, you are probably thinking of William (1738-1822), who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781, ...

CAROLINE HERSCHEL: Are they recording? William, press record will you? WILLIAM HERSCHEL: We are rolling, Caz, chill out. CAROLINE HERSCHEL: Oh hello SciTubers! I am Caroline Herschel and this ...

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1379.10 Patricia Fara, Scientists anonymous, Thriplow 2005, p. 83, fig. 8 ...

The William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma, Spain will be able to survey 1,000 stars per hour until it has catalogued a total of five million. A super-fast mapping device linked up to WHT ...