Harvard Observatory Computers

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf group of women
gptkbp:activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Harvard_Computers
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue
stellar classification
discovery of Cepheid variable period-luminosity relationship
gptkbp:depictedIn various documentaries
book 'The Glass Universe' by Dava Sobel
book 'The Harvard Computers' by Barbara L. Welther
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
astrophotography
cataloguing stars
stellar classification
photometry
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harvard Observatory Computers
gptkbp:influenced modern astronomy
role of women in science
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableFor advancing women in science
cataloguing hundreds of thousands of stars
development of the Harvard spectral classification
discovery of variable stars
major contributions to astronomy
pioneering work in data analysis
work with photographic plates
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
gptkb:Evelyn_Leland
gptkb:Florence_Cushman
gptkb:Ida_Woods
gptkb:Antonia_Maury
gptkb:Williamina_Fleming
gptkb:Mary_Anna_Draper
gptkb:Annie_Jump_Cannon
gptkb:Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Edward_Charles_Pickering
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory_photographic_plate_collection
gptkb:Pickering's_Harem
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harvard_Computers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6