what did caroline l. hershel do in mathematics???

Question

she was a great mathematian, she died at the age of 96

Answer 1

First a housekeeper and singer for the organist William, she became his general assistent, and engaged in astronomy together with William. Most of her astronomical work was helping William by writing down his observations, but besides that work, Caroline was observing on her own, notably with a 27-inch focal length Newtonian 'sweeper.' She discovered a number of deepsky objects in the time of 1783-87, notably an independent discovery of M110 (NGC 205), the second companion of the Andromeda Galaxy. Caroline stated to have observed 14 objects until the end of 1783 alone,

Answer 2

Try this:

http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/cherschel.html

She died at 98 according to the website.