Bio
Achievements
Stars
What?!
Future
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt was a ....
female American astronomer
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discovered "bright flashes in the sky that regularly appear suddenly and fade slowly"
(number and name)
4 novae (plural for novas)
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What is star and what is it made of?
a luminous ball of gas - Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen (and other small elements) 
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her nickname is...........
Lady of Luminosity
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this is located in the McDonald Observatory in Texas and is named in her honor.
One of the telescopes used in the ASAS-SN project
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How did Henrietta Swan Leavitt become deaf?
she was sick for a quite a while, which resulted in partial deafness
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what type of law revealed Cepheid's true brightness by it's period.................
1912, Period-Luminosity Law
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What are constellations?
Constellations are groups of stars that form an image in the sky
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While working with the images this machine produced; this group of people were NOT allowed to even touch it
Women! Only men were allowed to use the refractory telescope in the Harvard Observatory
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Which astronmer following her, worked the most with her information?
Edwin Hubble
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How did Leavitt die?
unfortunately, cancer
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how many stars did she discover?...........................
over 2400 variable stars
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What is the closest star to us on Earth?
The Sun - though it is still very far away!
4.24 lightyears
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These women were collectively called...
Computers!
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Since not a lot is known about Ms Leavitt, efforts have been made to have her recognized for her works. One way has been creatively portrayed through....
A play! The name is Silent Sky by Lauren u
Gunderson.
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Name something about her siblings or her parents
(two or more are accepted, you can not do her name)
seven siblings
the two youngest died
father was a pastor
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where did she graduate from?
Radcliffe College in Massachusetts
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stars come in all.........and.........
shapes and sizes
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Approximately how many stars are there in the universe? and how many are visible at night.
200 billion trillion! If we are using the Milky Way as our model, we can multiply the number of stars in a typical galaxy (100 billion) by the number of galaxies in the universe (2 trillion)
approx 5000 visible at night
Answers can vary - Mr Joe can decide if the answer is right/wrong
400
What holiday is an easy reminder to remember Miss Leavitt?
4th of July - the day we celebrate the Stars and Stripes --- and Henrietta's Birthday
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Henrietta used her disability as an advantage to focus on her work. It is said, she joked by saying, if she got distracted, she would just need to....
unplug her acousticon (which was the name of her hearing aid device)
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what did she become head of....................
the photographic photometry department at Harvard Observatory
500
What is the most massive star?
The most massive star is R136a1 (1000x bigger than the sun)
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Missing it by just a few years, Henrietta was not able to receive...
Nobel Prize, because you can't be nominated after death.
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Though she wasn't really known or appreciated for her works and achievements, while living, she is slowly becoming more respected now. She and another female astronomer (who was reviewed this semester) have named after them.....
Craters on the moon! The other female astronomer is Caroline Herschel
