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Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy. Wolbach Library, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. instagram: projectPHaEDRA
Cambridge, MA
Joined May 2017
We have >2000 research logbooks, many were written by women computers in the 1800s and 1900s.... and we are digitizing them all! 💫📝 Help transcribe their research: https://t.co/3SkfXRTrPI Learn more: https://t.co/ZHnoO1QAAE Browse the collection:
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Well deserved win by Katherine Roy and Kristen Larson for THE FIRE OF STARS! Congratulations!
Let me begin at the ending and share this delightful news: while together at #NCTE23, @awesomebARTon was nominated for an Emmy for THE MUPPETS and I won an Orbis Pictus Honor with @KirstenWLarson for THE FIRE OF STARS. Good things happen when traveling with friends. 🙌🤩
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Looking forward to seeing you at our Office Hours Nov 14 at 2pm US Eastern! CfA scientist Caroline Huang will be showing us how to transcribe notebooks in a way useful for scientists & about her plans to use notebook data in her studies of variable stars! https://t.co/U9uYQm1wXn
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Our next PHaEDRA Office Hours is on Nov 14 at 2pm US Eastern. Join us as we hear from Center for Astrophysics scientist Caroline Huang about how she and her colleagues plan to use data from PHaEDRA notebooks in their study of variable stars. Register here! https://t.co/t7jJwzmyre
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📝💫 We have updated the instructions for our projects on the Smithsonian Transcription Center! @TranscribeSI 💖 Join us on August 29th at 2pm ET to discuss the changes and provide feedback! New instructions here: https://t.co/HvS2mmo9VG & Register here:
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An orbital diagram of the asteroid 629 Bernadina in 1924, from Ida E. Woods' notebook titled "Objects looked up for outsiders by request" from 1922. (image: phaedra1203) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy #asteroid
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If you've long felt intimidated by the astronomy notebooks on TC, today is a great time to finally give them a shot! We've been working closely with @ProjectPHaEDRA to revise the project instructions to be clearer and more comprehensive. 🌌
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☄️Did you see the Perseids this year? Here, see Perseid meteors identified on glass plates, noted "Beautiful specimen". From Francis Woodworth Wright's notebook titled "Meteor Photometry Book 2" from 1951. #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy #Perseids (image: phaedra2611)
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🔭 Did you catch the #PerseidMeteorShower at its peak this weekend? Check out records of #Perseids in years past, transcribed by our #volunpeer community. ☄️ If you love astronomical history, stay tuned for more @ProjectPHaEDRA throughout the week.
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A small diagram can be seen on this image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, labeling a "new var. star". From Williamina P. Fleming's notebook titled "Variable Stars" from 1897. (image: phaedra0811) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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A labeled star diagram of NGC 6705, known as Messier 11, with a note relating to Henrietta Swan Leavitt's observations, from Ida E. Woods' notebook titled "Cluster Variables" from 1919. (image: phaedra1184) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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A volunteer found 45 labeled star map sketches here! From the notebook titled "Variables LMC, 1." by Virginia McKibben Nail and Francis Woodworth Wright, from 1948. (image: phaedra2455) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy Classify pages on Star Notes: https://t.co/McTkQDvB4Y
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A page with multiple star diagrams and notes, from Ida E. Woods' notebook titled "Cluster Variables" from 1927. (image: phaedra1222) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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Images of different star spectra, including Betelgeuse, Arcturus, and Sirius. From Dorrit Hoffleit's notebook titled "Spectral Classification - Bright Stars" from 1935. (image: phaedra2509) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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On this page, you can see a star diagram and a small snippet of a plate labeled with stars. From Henrietta Swan Leavitt's notebook titled "Measures of Comparison Stars. Small Magellanic Cloud" from 1906. (image: phaedra2527) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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So excited to speak at Harvard this Friday to share THE FIRE OF STARS at Cecilia Payne’s home base! This event is free and open to the public. See you there at 5PM on 6/2! #authorevent @KirstenWLarson @ChronicleKids #scicomm
🌟June 2nd, 5pm-7pm: Katherine Roy will visit the Wolbach Library to talk about her illustrations in her & Kirsten W. Larson's beautiful book about Cecilia Payne, "The Fire of Stars"! This event is open to the public and free! Read more here: https://t.co/W3zzyXZGYg
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🌟June 2nd, 5pm-7pm: Katherine Roy will visit the Wolbach Library to talk about her illustrations in her & Kirsten W. Larson's beautiful book about Cecilia Payne, "The Fire of Stars"! This event is open to the public and free! Read more here: https://t.co/W3zzyXZGYg
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An image of glass plate MF10322, labeled with star fields and identified variable stars, from Constance D. Boyd's notebook titled "Milky Way Field Comparisons" from 1935. (image: phaedra2579) #projectphaedra #womeninstem #astronomy
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Join Wolbach Library for a special event about Fire of the Stars, a new picture book about Cecilia Payne. Katherine Roy will give us a behind the scenes look at how science informs art and how curiosity shapes discovery. More info: https://t.co/BXYJtylzMB
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🌟June 2nd, 5pm-7pm: Katherine Roy will visit the Wolbach Library to talk about her illustrations in her & Kirsten W. Larson's beautiful book about Cecilia Payne, "The Fire of Stars"! This event is open to the public and free! Read more here: https://t.co/W3zzyXZGYg
@KRoyStudio
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Hey @ProjectPHaEDRA @CenterForAstro the Nusat-36 Earth-imaging satellite from Uruguayan-Argentine company @Satellogic, launched Apr 15, has been named "ANNIE CANNON". Satellite catalog number 56190.
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