Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy.
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage was her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant & purposely stood in the way of her learning 🧵
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage was her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant & purposely stood in the way of her learning 🧵
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#printmaking #sciart #WomenInSTEM #astronomer #histsciFrench, or music, to prevent her from seeking employment as a governess. She wanted a perpetual unpaid maid. Her father sometimes managed to include her in William’s lessons when their mother was absent. William had fled to England & made a life as a musician & composer in Bath. He managed to rescue his sister under the pretext that she might have the voice to be a solo singer in Handel’s oratorios. Of course, he also wanted a woman to manage his bachelor household. Meanwhile, he developed a 🧵2/
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French, or music, to prevent her from seeking employment as a governess. She wanted a perpetual unpaid maid. Her father sometimes managed to include her in William’s lessons when their mother was absent. William had fled to England & made a life as a musician & composer in Bath. He managed to rescue his sister under the pretext that she might have the voice to be a solo singer in Handel’s oratorios. Of course, he also wanted a woman to manage his bachelor household. Meanwhile, he developed a 🧵2/
real passion for astronomy. So, by the time she arrived, all his spare time away from music was devoted to astronomy & she found that despite her singing talent, she was roped into assisting with the construction of telescopes, rather than receiving music lessons.
William built some very large telescopes & had Caroline take notes of what he observed, while she used smaller ‘sweeper’ telescopes to sweep the skies for interesting object. She discovered 11 nebulae (2 of which turned out 🧵3/ -
real passion for astronomy. So, by the time she arrived, all his spare time away from music was devoted to astronomy & she found that despite her singing talent, she was roped into assisting with the construction of telescopes, rather than receiving music lessons.
William built some very large telescopes & had Caroline take notes of what he observed, while she used smaller ‘sweeper’ telescopes to sweep the skies for interesting object. She discovered 11 nebulae (2 of which turned out 🧵3/to be galaxies) which were previously unknown! She also found 8 or 9 #comets, as well as making & sharing observations of comets discovered by others. The portrait is based on a miniature of Caroline, as well as her notes & diagrams from 1 August 1786, when she discovered her first comet, now known as Comet C/1786 P1 (Herschel).
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to be galaxies) which were previously unknown! She also found 8 or 9 #comets, as well as making & sharing observations of comets discovered by others. The portrait is based on a miniature of Caroline, as well as her notes & diagrams from 1 August 1786, when she discovered her first comet, now known as Comet C/1786 P1 (Herschel).
🧵4/5In order to calculate orbits of newly discovered comets, it was important to let other astronomers know ASAP. She discovered her 8th comet while her brother was away. So, she took matters into her own hands. After an hour’s sleep, she saddled a horse, & rode the twenty-six miles to the Greenwich Observatory of the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, much to his astonishment.
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage was her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant & purposely stood in the way of her learning 🧵
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#printmaking #sciart #WomenInSTEM #astronomer #histsciThese stories of moms standing in the way of their children's education make my blood boil. Any person who does this is unworthy of parenthood.
I know of a dad purposely standing in the way of his daughter learning a second language just to spite the mom he divorced.
Unworthy.
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These stories of moms standing in the way of their children's education make my blood boil. Any person who does this is unworthy of parenthood.
I know of a dad purposely standing in the way of his daughter learning a second language just to spite the mom he divorced.
Unworthy.
@chu she does seem like the villain of this story.
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