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Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later

  • Written by Kris Pardo, Assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Caroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries laterThe Herschel Museum in Bath, England, has a new display of a handwritten draft of Caroline Herschel’s memoirs.Internet Archive Book Images via Wikimedia Commons

Caroline Herschel, the first professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today. But even many astronomers may not recognize...

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