A collection of photos featured on my website from my travels to Chile researching at the POLARBEAR telescope.
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Barron: From perfect ACT to astrophysics in Chile
A lot has changed, but a lot has not! I knew I wanted to do astrophysics, but was open to exploring other areas of education. But my heart and instinct proved to me true, and I remained on the path to being a research scientists in astrophysics.
Read the full interview on NewsTrib.com!
Women in Astronomy
Although women in astrophysics are not common, I am not alone in my field now or in the past! According to a post on the University of California Berkeley website:
"The "computers" at the Harvard Observatory in the 1890's were women who examined glass photographic plates containing images of the sky. Among of their tasks were discovering stars that changed brightness in a periodic way and classifying hundreds of thousands of stars. Women were not allowed to use the world's largest telescopes until the 1960's. "
Featured is a list of other women scientists - whom I'm proud to join the ranks!
"The "computers" at the Harvard Observatory in the 1890's were women who examined glass photographic plates containing images of the sky. Among of their tasks were discovering stars that changed brightness in a periodic way and classifying hundreds of thousands of stars. Women were not allowed to use the world's largest telescopes until the 1960's. "
Featured is a list of other women scientists - whom I'm proud to join the ranks!
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