herschel

Noun herschel has 2 senses

• herschel(n = noun.person) john herschel, sir john frederick william herschel, sir john herschel - English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871);
is a kind of astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

• herschel(n = noun.person) sir frederick william herschel, sir william herschel, william herschel - English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822);
is a kind of astronomer, stargazer, uranologist