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This 2020 episode covers Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an accomplished astronomer. She grew up in a society that didn’t really prioritize education for girls, and she was determined and creative about getting around that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Settle in and drift into sleep as we explore the fascinating life of Cecilia Payne, the groundbreaking astronomer who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. In this episode of the I Can't Sleep Podcast, we'll journey through Payne's early struggles, her scientific breakthroughs, and her lasting impact on astronomy. If you've ever wondered what stars are truly made of, Payne had the answer—though it took a while for the world to catch up. Dim the lights, close your eyes, and let the soothing sound of Wikipedia lull you into slumber. Don't forget to visit icantsleeppodcast.com for more episodes and ad-free listening. Show Notes:  00:00 - Welcome and episode introduction 00:35 - Introduction to Cecilia Payne 02:17 - Early life 02:56 - Education 09:40 - Career 13:50 - Legacy 15:44 - Personal life 18:05 - Honors and awards 20:18 - Astronomer intro 21:08 - Types 22:40 - Academic 26:34 - Amateur astronomers 27:38 - Harvard college observatory intro 28:46 - History 30:43 - Publications Want More? Request a topic: icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support the show: icantsleep.supportingcast.fm Shop sleep-friendly products: icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors Wikipedia Attribution: This content is derived from the Wikipedia articles on Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Astronomer, and Harvard College Observatory, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full articles: Wikipedia - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Wikipedia - Astronomer Wikipedia - Harvard College Observatory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education, leading Worship service given February 2, 2025 Prayer by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 In the early twentieth century, Unitarian astronomist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin fell in love with the Universe, and followed that spark to a lifetime of discovery. Unitarian Universalists too have long nurtured the divine spark in each of us. Indeed, it's one of our countercultural “heresies.” Join us for an interactive and engaging Intergenerational Service that explores our searches for meaning. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. The program began in November 2009, and First Parish has donated over $200,000 to more than 70 organizations. For February 2025, the Giving First recipient is the Arlington Youth Counseling Center (AYCC). AYCC is a state-licensed, community-based mental health center serving Arlington youth (ages 3-21) and their families. AYCC is the leading provider of outpatient and school-based child and adolescent mental health services in Arlington, offering individual, group, and family counseling, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management. Central to its mission, AYCC is committed to ensuring that all community youth and families have access to comprehensive, culturally sensitive, and high-quality mental health care, regardless of their ability to pay. In the past fiscal year, 22% of our clients had public insurance or received grant funding to help cover the costs of care. In addition to mental health services, AYCC oversees First Step- a support group for victims and survivors of domestic violence. The remaining half of your offering supports the life and work of this Parish. To donate using your smartphone, you may text “fpuu” to 73256. Then follow the directions in the texts you receive. About our Lead Minister: Rev. Marta Flanagan began her ministry as our twentieth called minister at First Parish in the fall of 2009. She is a genuine and forthright preacher. In conversation she is direct and engaging. She speaks of prayer with as much ease as she laughs at human foibles. We call her “Marta.” Marta is a religious liberal, a theist, a feminist, and a lover of the woods. As a student of American history at Smith College she was captivated by the stories of social reformers who were motivated and sustained by their faith. That led her to consider the ministry and to study at Harvard Divinity School from where she was graduated in 1986. She was the first woman minister in the city of Salem, Massachusetts, serving at the First Universalist Church there (1987-1997). She served in a co-ministry at South Church (Unitarian Universalist) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, (1997-2005) from where she is minister emerita. Marta served as interim minister in Montpelier, Vermont (2008-2009). She is trained as a spiritual director. For three years she lived in the Vermont woods practicing voluntary simplicity and the spiritual life. Marta enjoys the vitality of First Parish and our strong sense of community. She celebrates the yearning for depth and the desire to make a difference in the world that she finds here.

Dans cet épisode, je vous emmène à la rencontre des “étoiles silencieuses” de l'astronomie : des femmes comme Henrietta Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin et Vera Rubin, dont les découvertes ont révolutionné notre compréhension de l'univers. De la mesure des distances cosmiques à la matière noire, leurs contributions ont été cruciales malgré le sexisme et les obstacles académiques. Plongez dans leurs histoires inspirantes et apprenons à mieux connaître ces héroïnes méconnues de la science. Bonne écoute ! ✨

After over 50 years working as an actress, Maureen Beattie is about to make her Hampstead Theatre debut in The Lightest Element, a brand new play by Stella Feehily. At the centre of the play is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of 20th Century Science's most significant figures. Despite her great discoveries, she's remained a fairly elusive figure and this play sets out to give her the recognition that many of her male counterparts have since received. The show will be directed by Alice Hamilton, who Maureen describes fondly of as being the best type of director who listens to everyone in the room. We also hear her talk about her excitement around getting to perform in Hampstead Theatre, having been a regular theatregoer there since it's early beginnings. In this new interview, Maureen Beattie talks about this exciting new play, shining a light on a truly fascinating figure who has remained out of the social consciousness. As former President of Equity, she also talks to us about the changes that have taken place over the course of her career, providing more opportunities for women and the introduction of safe spaces in rehearsal rooms. Last year, Maureen also returned to the RSC to play Celia in a cast of veteran actors production of As You Like It, opposite the likes of Geraldine James and Malcolm Sinclair. A veteran actress herself, her career has taken her from the RSC to the National Theatre to the Old Vic and the Royal Court. The Lightest Element runs at Hampstead Theatre until 12 October.

Cecilia Payne foi fisica e astrônoma. Há 100 anos descobriu que o Sol e as outras estrelas são feitos de hidrogênio e hélio. Viveu numa época em que mulheres não podiam ter diploma universitário, seu talento e sua dedicação foram reconhecidos depois de muita luta.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was in her early 20s when she figured out what the stars are made of. Both she and her groundbreaking findings were ahead of their time. Continuing the legacy of women working at the Harvard College Observatory, Cecilia charted the way for a generation of female astronomers to come. This Best Of episode of Lost Women of Science follows Cecilia's journey of discovery, journals her drive and determination against all odds, and takes you to the Harvard College Observatory itself to walk in Cecilia's footsteps.

"Explorando los secretos del cosmos: un viaje astronómico con Gloria Dubner"En el sexto episodio de la tercera temporada, tuvimos el privilegio de conversar con Gloria Dubner, una destacada física y astrofísica. Gloria compartió su fascinante trayectoria académica y profesional, desde su graduación en Física en la UBA hasta su rol como investigadora y directora del IAFE. Aunque ya jubilada, se dedica apasionadamente a la divulgación científica.La conversación se adentró en su área de especialización: la evolución estelar. Exploramos los procesos de nacimiento y muerte de las estrellas, así como sus diferentes trayectorias evolutivas según su masa. Desde las estrellas medianas hasta las gigantes rojas y las enanas blancas, y las estrellas masivas que se convierten en estrellas de neutrones o en supernovas.Además, discutimos cómo se estudian los objetos astronómicos lejanos en tiempo y espacio. Hablamos sobre la astrofísica teórica y observacional, y las limitaciones impuestas por la atmósfera terrestre. Gloria nos reveló los avances en los instrumentos de observación y cómo la tecnología ha revolucionado el campo de la astronomía. También destacó la importancia de la computación en la recopilación y análisis de datos astronómicos.Exploramos la clasificación de las estrellas y cómo los nuevos descubrimientos continúan desafiando y modificando las teorías astronómicas existentes. Por último, Gloria participó en un emocionante juego donde clasificó a Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin y Johannes Kepler, destacados personajes de la historia astronómica.Únete a este apasionante viaje astronómico mientras exploramos los misterios del cosmos de la mano de Gloria Dubner en este cautivador episodio.

Qual composição do Sol? Como sabemos quais elementos químicos estão em outras estrelas? Como sabemos que Hidrogenio é o elemento mais abundante do Universo? Tudo isso foi graças a Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin! Separe 30 min do seu dia para aprender mais sobre mulheres na astronomia com a astronoma Camila

Ella nos dijo de qué están hechas las estrellas y fue una astrónoma con muchísimo talento, pero claro, tenía este problema llamado "ser mujer" por el cual no la dejaban ni titularse de la universidad. Ya hacía falta chismesito de una mujer destacada en la ciencia, y como últimamente andamos hablando mucho de personajes infravalorados, pues tocó 2x1.

Conny Aerts kiest voor een citaat van Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

La Calculadoras de Harvard o las Damas de Pickering, fueron un grupo de mujeres que trabajaron a finales del s. XIX y principios del XX en el Observatorio de Harvard, para realizar tareas de análisis y clasificación de fotografías de espectros estelares. Este grupo de mujeres, varias de ellas especialmente, amplió los conocimientos y descubrimientos dentro de la astronomía moderna. Hablaremos de Pickering, pero especialmente de Williamina Paton Fleming, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Antonia Maury y de Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin descobriu do que as estrelas eram feitas. Astrônoma, estabeleceu que as estrelas podiam ser classificadas por suas temperaturas.

Kiedy człowiek po raz pierwszy spojrzał w niebo i zachwycił się pięknem gwiazd? Tego nie sposób ustalić. Wiemy natomiast, że przyglądano się im już ok. 17 tys. lat temu. I to na tyle wnikliwie, że zostawiono ich odwzorowania w malowidłach naskalnych. – Na terenie Europy pierwsze ślady fascynacji człowieka gwiazdami znajdujemy w malowidłach w Lascaux. W tzw. Sali Byków naukowcy dostrzegają pierwsze wizerunki nieba, m.in. plejad – mówi w Radiu Naukowym dr Barbara Bienias, z Pracowni Historii Nauk Ścisłych w Instytucie Historii Nauki PAN. Dr Bienias specjalizuje się w badaniu historii astronomii i astrologii, szczególnie w Anglii w XVI i XVII w. W odcinku snuje opowieść o ludzkiej fascynacji gwiazdami, pierwszych próbach zrozumienia czym są w istocie i jak wiele ich jest. Gwiazdy uważano za obiekty idealne, odległe, a jednocześnie nam bliskie ze względu na ich wpływ, jakiego się dopatrywano w życiu na Ziemi. Gwiazdy miały mieć związek z medycyną, przepowiadaniem przyszłości. Z czasem, dzięki nowożytnej rewolucji naukowej, porzucono model, w którym gwiazdy umieszczone były w sztywnej sferze niebieskiej, a w XVIII w. zaczęto się orientować, jak skonstruowana jest Droga Mleczna. Było to możliwe dzięki coraz dokładniejszym obserwacjom teleskopowym. – Takie obserwacje w latach 80. XVIII w. prowadzi m.in. doskonały astronom Wiliam Herschel – przypomina dr Bienias. - W 1781 roku odkrywa Urana, ale też znajduje coraz więcej gwiazd w mgławicach. Na podstawie swoich obliczeń próbuje nakreślić pierwszy trójwymiarowy obraz naszej galaktyki. Przełom w badaniach astronomicznych następuje w XIX w. wraz z innymi możliwościami obserwacji: spektroskopią i astrofotografią – opowiada. U schyłku XIX w. powstaje np. przepiękne zdjęcie Andromedy wykonane przez Isaaca Robertsa. Na zrozumienie czym są gwiazdy pod kątem chemicznym trzeba było czekać do XX wieku. Dokonała tego Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.Odcinek przekrojowy, pełen wiedzy historycznej, niemal aż do współczesności. Bardzo polecam!***Jeśli podobał Wam się ten podcast, chcecie, żeby Radio Naukowe się rozwijało – możecie mnie wesprzeć https://patronite.pl/radionaukowe. Od progu 10 zł zapraszam do grupy na FB, w której prywatnie i swobodnie rozmawiamy na tematy podcastu i nie tylko. Dzięki!

The hosts discuss the bystander effect at the top of the show, then Rita tells the short, but impressive story of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Cecilia was a scientist and astronomer whose work is the foundation of what we know about the composition of stars today. She was also the first woman to become a full professor at Harvard University.  Subscribe to our Patreon to get access to exclusive content and swag.  LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/idkher_podcast

Today we bring you another episode in our new series, Famous Women Astronomers, with the story of Dr. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.   Cecilia Helena Payne was born in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England on May 10th, 1900. Her father was a fellow of Oxford University and a historian, but he drowned in a canal when she was only 4 years old.   Her mother was Emma Leonora Helena (Pertz) Payne, who was a skilled artist. She raised her 3 children alone after her husband's death. She ensured that all her children got good educations, Cecilia's brother became an archeologist and her younger sister was an architect.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Podcast "L’effet Matilda ou les oubliées de la science " Production & réalisation : Radio Campus Besançon https://campusbesancon.fr/ - Radio Campus Besançon 102.4 FM vous présente l’effet Matilda ou les femmes oubliées de la science. 5 femmes chercheuses qui parlent aujourd’hui de leurs travaux et des difficultées rencontrées lors de leurs parcours professionnels. Des femmes minimisées voire ignorées dans leur contribution scientifique au profit de leurs collègues masculin. Avec Rosalind Franklin, biologiste Trotula de Salerne, chirurgienne Cécilia Payne Gaposchkin , astronome Lise Meitner, physicienne Marian Diamond, neuroscientifique

Podcast "L’effet Matilda ou les oubliées de la science " Production & réalisation : Radio Campus Besançon https://campusbesancon.fr/ - Radio Campus Besançon 102.4 FM vous présente l’effet Matilda ou les femmes oubliées de la science. 5 femmes chercheuses qui parlent aujourd’hui de leurs travaux et des difficultées rencontrées lors de leurs parcours professionnels. Des femmes minimisées voire ignorées dans leur contribution scientifique au profit de leurs collègues masculin. Avec Rosalind Franklin, biologiste Trotula de Salerne, chirurgienne Cécilia Payne Gaposchkin , astronome Lise Meitner, physicienne Marian Diamond, neuroscientifique

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This month, Izzie and Dr Becky are shining a light on the first stars in the Universe. When did they form? And could any still exist today? Plus, they explore the life of Cecelia Payne Gaposchkin, the astrophysicist who discovered the structure of stars, and Dr Robert Massey joins them to discuss the latest NASA rover on Mars. With special thanks to Dr Emma Chapman from Imperial College London, author of First Light, and Donovan Moore, author of What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media Production by Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. 

For this Episode we are featuring the life and remarkable achievements of Dr Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who lived for 80 years from the start of the 20th century, and gave the world a legacy of astronomical breakthroughs that forever changed the way that we understand stars and what they are made of. We remember her as producing "the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in Astronomy and the most eminent woman astronomer of all time.” During a time when science was largely a men’s club, she had figured out the chemical makeup of the stars, and her work is also credited with paving the way for us to develop our understanding of stellar evolution. Vale Dr Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 1900-1979

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Resultados de las Misiones Espaciales Hayabusa 2 y Osiris-Rex Explorando Asteroides. En este programa grabado de “Obsesión por el Cielo” Edgar y Pedro platican en general sobre dos misiones espaciales, en cierta manera similares, que estudian dos asteroides, que resultaron ser también similares. Una es la nave Hayabusa 2 de la agencia espacial japonesa JAXA que estudió al asteroide 162173 Ryugu, y la otra es la nave Osiris-Rex de la agencia espacial norteamericana NASA que estudia al asteroide 101955 Benu. Ambas misiones tienen como objetivo principal estudiar y tomar muestras de sus respectivos asteroides para regresarlas a la Tierra, donde podrán ser analizadas con mayor detenimiento. Los dos asteroides resultaron estar compuestos de agregados de rocas tipo condritas carbonáceas de diversos tamaños y estar unidos principalmente por su propia gravedad. En otras palabras: no tienen mucha fuerza de cohesión y son muy porosos. Ambos asteroides también tienen una forma muy similar de diamante, aunque Ryugu es mas o menos el doble de tamaño que Benu. En el programa hablaremos sobre los primeros resultados de estas misiones en sus respectivos asteroides, incluyendo el hecho de que Benu parece estar perdiendo rocas al espacio por procesos todavía no bien comprendidos. Una diferencia importante entre las dos misiones es que Hayabusa 2 venía equipado con robotitos que dejó en la superficie y recolectó muestras de dos lugares distintos, incluyendo una de un cráter de impacto que la misma nave ocasionó, mientras que Osiris-Rex regresara a la Tierra muestras solamente de un sitio. Además de nuestra sección semanal de noticias, ofrecemos en este programa una instancia de nuestra nueva sección “Historia de la Astronomía y la Astronáutica,” en la que celebramos el 120 aniversario Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin comentando sobre sus contribuciones a la astrofísica. Esperamos que disfruten del programa.

La bellissima, sofferta, incredibile storia di una delle più grandi astrofisiche di sempre: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

La bellissima, sofferta, incredibile storia di una delle più grandi astrofisiche di sempre: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

On this Episode  Bart & Vicky we talk about, wine out of water, dancing plague, medieval font, UFO is now legend, killer robot drone subs, plastic eating caterpillars,  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.  Email at TFTDpodcast@gmail.com with your own crazy stories We are part of Webegeekspc.com Tangentboundnetwork.com On Twitter and Facebook Merch on teepublic.com

Transcript link: http://bit.ly/2QiLtkV ... Learn about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a person with several "The First Woman to"s under her belt and the first person to discover that the sun has a WHOLE LOT of hydrogen! ... Further Reading: Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics edited by Nina Byers and Gary Williams Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives: Women in Science, 1789-1979 (Lives of Women in Science) edited by Pnina Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram . . . Check out more awesome podcasts like ours on the Pocket Podcast Network! . . . Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook @steampunkspod, and follow Emily on Twitter @shockn_awesome . . . Huge thanks to the band The Crypts for the use of their song Marie Curie (which is licensed under CC BY 4.0) for our intro and outro. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steampunks/support

In this episode of Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew talks about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the woman who discovered what stars are made of, before losing credit for it to a man a few years later. Afterward, Rachael delves into the exciting and sordid history of one of the seven wonders of the world, the Library of Alexandria.

Space Legend of the Week: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Space Science of the Week: Orbits Space Word of the Week: RAAN Steering Space Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs If you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show. If you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world. Subscribe on iTunes itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801 Subscribe on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast Hosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin Music: Matt Russell / Iam7 Additional Narration: George Russell www.interplanetary.org.uk @interplanetypod

Hoy Raquel nos habla del interés geológico y paleontológico de La Romana. Y África nos habla de la astrónoma Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin. Más información en https://geocastaway.com/t10e19

En el programa semanal de hoy, Raquel nos habla de la Romana, un enclave en Alicante muy interesante desde el punto de vista geológico y paleontológico. Aquí tenéis algunos enlaces para completar la información: Senderos Geológicos - Guía de Lugares de interés geológico de la Provincia de Alicante Ayuntamiento de La Romana Tesis Tent-Manclús donde apoya la apertura en 2 turnos Trabajo fin de carrera Martínez-Cantó sobre el área en cuestión En la segunda parte del programa, África nos habla de la astrónoma Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin. Que disfrutéis y hasta la próxima.

In this episode, the ladies talk the benefits of feel good "coffee mug" tv shows, the extraordinary life of astronomer, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the polarizing life of the notorious "tot mom," Casey Anthony.

The Fathers of Science Fiction are Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clark, but who is the mother? Women in Science Fiction Our vote is Mary Shelley, Author of Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus). At age 18, in the summer of 1816, she visited Lake Geneva with her husband Percy Shelley, their friend Lord Byron, and John Polidori. Often sitting around inside due to the weather, the company took to telling German ghost stories, thus prompting Lord Byron that they all write a story of their own. Mary Shelley wrote in her introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein: “I busied myself to think of a story – a story to rival those which had excited me to this task. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror – one to make the reader dread to look around, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beating of the heart.” Mary was the only one to finish her story during the trip and come to publish it in 1818, paving the way for all science fiction authors, men and women, to do the same. Other influential and impactful names in science fiction are: Octavia Butler Andre Norton Ursula K. Le Guin Anne McCaffrey Connie Willis Jane Yolen   Women of Science Vera Cooper Rubin: In the 1970s, Vera Rubin began to study the rotation of spiral galaxies when they observed angular motions different than that of their predictions! She found that galaxies were rotating way to fast for the amount of gravity present. Sound familiar? Dark Matter! That’s right, Vera Rubin hypothesized this interstellar glue holding galaxies together for what we have no termed, Dark Matter. Carolyn Porco In the 1980s, Carolyn got to work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In fact, she’s considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the planetary rings and moons of those planets. She led the imaging team on the Cassini mission, which was orbiting Saturn until it intentionally crashed into the atmosphere. Lastly, she is the one who discovered those huge geysers and plumes of icy particles on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Nancy Grace Roman She was born in 1925, organized a backyard astronomy club with her friends when she was just 11 and clearly never stopped. Nancy got her Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Chicago in 1949 and became NASA’s first chief of astronomy AND the first woman ever to hold an executive position there. Roman’s greatest achievement is by far being instrumental in developing orbiting telescopes, like Hubble, which has given us unbelievably beautiful images of our universe as well as hunt for planets beyond our solar system. Sally Ride was the first woman in Space in 1983 Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space in 1992, Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered more comets and asteroids than any other astronomer (800 asteroids and 32 comets) and discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 that eventually broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. Computers  -From NASA.gov Before the development of electronic computers, the term “computer” referred to people, not machines. It was a job title, designating someone who performed mathematical equations and calculations by hand. Over the next thirty years, hundreds of women, most with degrees in math or other sciences would join as computers at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. The first computers at Langley, organized into a central office in the Administration Building, took on calculating work that had originally been done by the engineers themselves. According to a 1942 report, computing sections were designed to process test data more efficiently, relieving engineers of this essential, but time consuming work. Engineers were free to devote their attention to other aspects of research projects, while the computers received praise for calculating data “more rapidly and accurately,” doing more in a morning than an engineer alone could finish in a day. While the specific tasks a computer did varied according to need and her department, the majority of computing work involved three components: reading film, running calculations, and plotting data. All this work was done by hand, using slide rules, curves, magnifying glasses and basic calculating machines. Margaret Hamilton One of those 400,000 people was Margaret Hamilton… Hamilton, a computer programmer, would wind up leading the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory (now Draper Labs). Computer science, as we now know it, was just coming into existence at the time. Hamilton led the team that developed the building blocks of software engineering – a term that she coined herself. Her systems approach to the Apollo software development and insistence on rigorous testing was critical to the success of Apollo. As she noted, “There was no second chance. We all knew that.” Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon entered Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1880 to study astronomy. She became interested in stellar spectroscopy, the process of breaking light from stars down into its component colors so the various elements can be identified. After suffering from scarlet fever, which left her hearing impaired, she earned her masters degree. Over the course of her life, Cannon classified the spectra of over 350,000 stars and story has it that she could look at any stellar spectra and classify it in just three seconds, assigning each one its place in the sequence O, B, A, F, G, K, and M. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin In her Ph.D. thesis, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin proposed a brilliant idea for explaining the composition of stars. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, says that "Payne's 'Stellar Atmospheres' is widely regarded as the most brilliant Ph.D. thesis ever written in astronomy, and that "It became the standard text in its field.

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In our final episode of this mini-series on the women who worked at the Harvard College Observatory, we dive into the life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin from her time at Cambridge University to her life in Cambridge, Massachusetts.