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Bibliography of Women in Astronomy

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In support of women’s history research, this bibliography was compiled to cover major secondary and scholarly works written about women in astronomy, as well as listing memoirs written by women in astronomy. These bibliographies are living documents that...

A New Looking Glass: Historic Harvard Plates

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Plate Stacks | DASCH | Women Astronomical Computers | Project PHaEDRA

The Harvard Plate Stacks, Center for Astrophysics

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The Harvard Plate Stacks is the Harvard College Observatory's Astronomical Photographic Glass Plate Collection and is the most extensive collection of its kind in the world. The core of the collection was founded with the generous funding of Anna Palmer...

PHaEDRA Transcription Guide

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Get started with this helpful guide to transcribing the work of the Harvard Computers! Ready to transcribe? Go online to the Smithsonian Transcription Center .

Talk & Reception: Anna Von Mertens, 'Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt'

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A recording of the October 8 book talk is available below in the "talk recording" tab. Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcomes Anna Von Mertens...

Terminology Recommendations: For Researchers, Journalists, and other Storytellers Writing About the Women Astronomical Computers

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Executive Summary This document provides guidance on how to accurately and fully describe the women who did astronomical research at the Harvard College Observatory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We recommend language that accounts for the...

Plate Stacks Collection Timeline

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This extensive timeline specifically includes dates associated with the Harvard Plate Stacks and individuals associated with it. It has been created and expanded for the over a decade. We will work to include citations for the dates in the future, but for...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4, 1868 - December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer who worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1893 until her death in 1921. Leavitt’s study of Cepheid type variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds led to her...

Annie Jump Cannon

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Annie Jump Cannon (December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was a deaf American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) was a British–American astronomer associated with the Women Astronomical Computers, a group of female astronomers and analysts at Harvard College Observatory (HCO). She discovered the chemical composition of stars and...

The Williamina Fleming Collection

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Search The Williamina Fleming Collection finding aid to learn more about the most significant plates used in the discoveries, research, and work process of the Women Computers and astronomers at Harvard College Observatory.