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RAS Public Lecture: Hues of Habitability – characterising pale blue dots around other stars
… orbiting a distant star. Dr. Sarah Rugheimer is the first Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture recipient, sponsored by the William Herschel Society . Sarah  is an astrophysicist working on …
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RAS Public Lecture: Hues of Habitability – characterising pale blue dots around other stars
… orbiting a distant star. Dr. Sarah Rugheimer is the first Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture recipient, sponsored by the William Herschel Society . Sarah is an astrophysicist working on how …
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A brief history of the Royal Astronomical Society
… 14 men who met that day included Charles Babbage and John Herschel; they shared an interest in astronomy and were … and Council first gathered on 10 March 1820. Sir William Herschel was the titular first President, though he never … Membership to two highly distinguished women of science, Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville, and conferred this …
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Small stellar systems, big astrophysical questions
… of stellar systems has been recognised by the William Herschel and Royal Astronomical Societies with the 2019 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship and by the International …
Omega Centauri
The core of the globular cluster Omega Centauri
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
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RAS Public Lecture: 100th Anniversary of the election of Women to t he RAS Fellowship
… Society. Despite this a number of notable women, including Caroline Herschel and Annie Cannon, were given honorary memberships. …
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London History Day at the RAS
… with Charles Babbage  - An audience with astronomer Caroline Herschel. Free tickets are available via Eventbrite    FAQs …
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Coronation Courtyard Late at the RAS
… and atlas influenced the work of later astronomers, like Caroline Herschel. This will also be the first opportunity to see the …
Graphic for the RAS coronation courtyard late, featuring three images depicting an actor playing the role of Caroline Herschel in the RAS Library, the Corona constellation from Urania's Mirror constellation cards, and a close-up of people making LED light circuits with resistors and insulation tape.
Royal Astronomical Society
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RAS Public Lecture: 100th Anniversary of the election of Women to t he RAS Fellowship
… Society. Despite this a number of notable women, including Caroline Herschel and Annie Cannon, were given honorary memberships. …
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Dying stars seeding the universe
… the later stage in the star’s life and an important part of Caroline Herschel’s surveys. This opens up the question of the fate …
The Milky Way visible at night about a mountain range topped with snow.
Unsplash image by Sam Goodgame
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Dying stars seeding the universe
… the later stage in the star’s life and an important part of Caroline Herschel’s surveys. This opens up the question of the fate …
The Milky Way visible at night about a mountain range topped with snow.
Unsplash image by Sam Goodgame
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