Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), trailblazer for women in #astronomy who discovered that hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in the universe.
Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 where she heard a lecture which changed her life. She wrote, “My world had been so shaken that I experienced something very like a nervous breakdown.” 🧵
Happy birthday to Carolyn Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, & purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music 🧵1/n
For #PrinterSolstice prompt spectrum: my #linocut of trailblazing American #astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863 – 1941) with her stellar classification system which sorted stars based on spectral types, revealing their temperature from hot blue stars to cool red stars: O,B,A, F, G, K & M. Named after the university the Harvard Classification her tremendous contribution was less visible. 🧵1/n
Mural by Andrzej Poprostu in Toruń (Poland) dedicated to Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center
#mural z wizerunkiem Mikołaja Kopernika powstały w zeszłym roku w jego rodzinnym mieście, czyli w Toruniu, na wieżowcu przy ul. Suleckiego 2. Namalował go artysta znany jako Andrzej Poprostu we współpracy z Fundacją Kapsuła. Bezpośrednią inspiracją był odważny projekt pomnika autorstwa Stanisława Szukalskiego. Fot. Franciszek Kaczan, Grzegorz Olkowski
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! My #linocut celebrates her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut & Jérôme Lalande to precisely calculate the date of return of Halley’s Comet, solving the notorious 3-body by hand (including the gravitational pull of Jupiter & Saturn on orbit). 🧵1/n
#mural by Wakeuptime in Lidzbark Warmiński (Poland) dedicated to Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center
Ostatni z prezentowanych przez nas murali powstałych w tym roku na Szlaku Kopernikowskim, wykonanych przez Wakeuptime. Zaprojektowała go Iza Dudzik. Mural znajdziemy na skrzyżowaniu ul. Zamkowej i Mikołaja Kopernika w Lidzbarku Warmińskim.
A 2023 #scientist#linocut for #ArtAdventCalendar of #astronomer Vera Rubin (neé Cooper, ‘28-‘16) & her discovery that angular motion of galaxies deviates from predictions, 1st evidence for dark matter, now known as 5x as common as matter & the stuff which dictates dynamics of galaxies & evolution of our universe! The Nobel committee waited 3 years after she died to reward another for the theory of dark matter.
She found 6 months mat leave post MSc very difficult 🧵1/n
Mural by Marcin Budziński in Lidzbark Warmiński (Poland) dedicated to Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center
#mural w Lidzbarku Warmińskim z wizerunkiem najsłynniejszego polskiego astronoma, powstały w lipcu tego roku na skrzyżowaniu ulic Zamkowej i Mikołaja Kopernika. Zaprojektowała go Izabela Dudzik, a namalował Marcin Budziński z Wakeuptime. Fot. Matheo Grs
It’s remarkable what astrophotographers can capture from their back yard. Lauren Hughes @WestwoodAstro took this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy M101 from his driveway
Note he captured a supernova, which he has labelled SN 2023ixf
16 Aug 1600: b. Virginia Galilei daughter of Galileo Galilei #astronomer & Marina Gamba #otd in #Padua
She would become a Poor Clare Sr. Maria Celeste - & now has an impact crater on #Venus named for her (BowesMuseum/NASA)
Happy birthday to #astronomer Vera Rubin (neé Cooper, ‘28-‘16) & her discovery that angular motion of galaxies deviates from predictions, 1st evidence for dark matter, now known as 5x as common as matter & the stuff which dictates dynamics of galaxies & evolution of our universe! Nobel committee waited 3 years after she died to reward another for the theory of dark matter.
She found 6 months mat leave post MSc very difficult being
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