Modern Astronomer-Dates: 1868-1921
What was a big contribution she made?
-in 1912 she published her work on the fact that stars vary in their luminosity intrinsically.
-period-luminosity relationship became important for measuring stars distance
-major contribution to the cepheid variable period-luminosity relationship
-she created the Harvard Standard- a method of measurement photographically
-her research led to others discovering that there are other galaxies outside of our own ( Edwin Hubble)
Fun Facts
-attended Oberlin College and Radcliffe College
-she was deaf
-worked at Harvard
-she discovered over 2,400 stars
Sources: http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/index.php/history/henrietta-leavitt
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baleav.html
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