BBC Radio 4 21:00 "Caroline Hershel and the Comets"

[SilverAstro]

In a few minutes,   Science Stories Episode5

snip "Caroline became William's assistant. She ran the household and he taught her to look at the stars, schooling her in his techniques for long nights spent "sweeping the stars" - taking a small patch of sky and noting everything she saw there, then moving on methodically. Although she was initially reluctant to take up astronomy she began to enjoy it. William built her a telescope and on 1st August 1786, Caroline found her first comet. " /snip

Apologies if already mentioned elsewhere, I just spotted it next on.

Edited July 5, 2017 by SilverAstro

[andrew63]

Thanks - where would we be without radio ?

 

andrew

[The Admiral]

Ah! Thanks. Saw it in the schedule and then the old brain promptly forgot! Just switched on.

Ian

[SilverAstro]

The good old wireless still has its uses   !   Please wake me up in Nov. when the series returns.

 

[Ravenous]

I heard that last night - an interesting listen. I didn't realise she was the first female scientist in the country to get a salary...

For anyone who missed it, it should be downloadable from one of these pages:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/category/scienceandnature

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wphjl