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RE: TODAY in HISTORY (23 September): Charles Darwin reached Charles Island, one of the Galápagos Islands, in 1835
Ahhhhh, "They also took the time to visit the noted astronomer Sir John Herschel who was living and working in Cape Town " .... I assume that is where the Herschel Girls High School got its name from...and of course the suburb Observatory where the observatory was located. Nice one @krabgat
Yes, my niece attended Herschel High. That is why included it in the article. :)
An interesting fact which was mentioned in my last visit to the Planetarium in Cape Town is that Herschel named a star constellation 'Table Mountain'. It is the only star constellation which has been named after a physical structure on earth - so they say.