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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