Category Archives: Slooh Quests

Celestial Delights from the Caldwell Catalogue

Posted on by May 17, 2025

 

In this quest we were encouraged to use the different tools on Slooh’s website to create an infographic poster. I chose to showcase some of the objects in the Caldwell Catalogue.
If I had to choose between the Messier and Caldwell Catalogues, I would choose latter.
1. Messier did not include the far southern skies
2. The Caldwell Catalogue is more of a challenge but I’ve learned so much by observing all 109 objects!!
3. Patrick Moore will always be a firm favourite!

In the Footsteps of Caroline Herschel

Posted on by May 17, 2025
My quest to find the objects discovered by Caroline Herschel has been so much easier than back in 1870’s.
William Herschel needed a housekeeper and so he brought his sister, Caroline, from Germany to Bath.
At the time William was building powerful telescopes to look deeper into space. Caroline spent hours grinding and polishing mirrors BUT whenever he was away she would shift in behind the telescopes and visitors to the observatory took note – even King George III.
William gave Caroline one of his small telescopes to search for comets.
Later when William had new things on his mind, like marriage, Caroline Herschel went ahead to become a prominent astronomer.