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Cincinnati, Ohio, US City Observatory, Edinburgh 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Clarke Observatory: 1897 / 1923 Dunkirk, New York / Alliance, Ohio, US Class of 1951 Observatory: 1997 Poughkeepsie, New York, US Cloudcroft Observatory (defunct) 1962 New Mexico, US Coats Observatory: 1883 Paisley, Scotland, UK Coit Observatory: Boston, Massachusetts, US
Founded October 10, 1957, with the encouragement of the National Science Foundation (NSF), AURA was incorporated by a group of seven U.S. universities: California, Chicago, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. The first meeting of the board of directors took place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Today, AURA has 47 member institutions ...
Ryden studied physics and integrated sciences at Northwestern University. [1] She moved to Princeton University as a doctoral student, where she worked alongside James Gunn . [ 2 ] She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian [ 3 ] and Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics .
The society was founded in 1899 through the efforts of George Ellery Hale. The constitution of the group was written by Hale, George Comstock, Edward Morley, Simon Newcomb and Edward Charles Pickering. These men, plus four others, were the first Executive Council of the society; Newcomb was the first president. The initial membership was 114.
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Award Sponsor Country Notes Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy: American Astronomical Society: United States: Woman resident of North America, within five years of receipt of a Ph.D., for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy [1]
Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ), founded at Davidson College on December 11, 1921, is the oldest [1] and only American honor society for physics and astronomy. [2] It is an organization within the Society of Physics Students and the American Institute of Physics and a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. [3]
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy.They may have won major prizes or awards, developed or invented widely used techniques or technologies within astronomy, or are directors of major observatories or heads of space-based telescope projects.