Google dedicated their home page to Annie Jump Cannon today. The Henry Draper Award winner classified and observed 500,000 stars, while breaking ground for women in science.
She also has a crater named after her on our Moon, and her stellar classification is standard (as determined by the IAU).
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Annie Jump Cannon
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