Herschels
Herschels refers to the Herschel family, a prominent line of astronomers in the 18th and 19th centuries, most notably William Herschel, his sister Caroline Herschel, and his son John Herschel. The name is associated with major advances in observational astronomy and with scientific instruments and missions named in their honor.
William Herschel (1738–1822) was born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover and moved to Britain, where he became
Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) was his sister and a pioneering female astronomer who assisted William and conducted
John Herschel (1792–1871), William’s son, made major contributions to astronomy, including the systematic cataloging of nebulae
The Herschel name continues in modern astronomy through the ESA Herschel Space Observatory (launched in 2009