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William and Caroline Herschel
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William Herschel portrait: National Portrait Gallery, London. Used with permission.

Caroline Herschel portrait: Source "The Herschels and Modern Astronomy" by
Agnes M. Clerke, New York, Macmillan, 1895. From a portrait by Tielemann
in 1829. © reserved / collection unknown
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