Williamina Fleming
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911) was a Scottish astronomer. She helped develop a common organization system for stars. She also and kept track of thousands of stars and other astronomical items.[1] Fleming discovered the Horsehead Nebula in 1888.[2] Fleming died in Boston of pneumonia in 1911.
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming | |
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 Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming | |
| Born | May 15, 1857 |
| Died | May 21, 1911 (aged 54) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
Honors
- The lunar crater Fleming was named after her and Alexander Fleming.[3]
Williamina Fleming Media
The Harvard Computers, the group of women computers at the Harvard College Observatory, who worked for the astronomer Edward Charles Pickering. The group included Harvard computer and astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina Fleming, and Antonia Maury.
References
- ↑ Dundee Labour : Lesley Brennan. dundeelabour.org.uk.
- ↑ Cannon, Annie J.. Williamina Paton Fleming. Science 33 (861) (June 1911). p. 987–988. doi:10.1126/science.33.861.987.
- ↑ McKanic, Arlene. Famous Craters and the People They Are Named After (8 August 2011).
Other websites
- Waldee, S. R.; Hazen, M. L. (November 1990). The discovery of early photographs of the Horsehead nebula. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 102: 1337
- The Horsehead Nebula in the 19th Century, by Waldee Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannon, Annie J. (November 1911). Williamina Paton Fleming. The Astrophysical Journal. 34: 314.
- Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens. Journal of Williamina Patton Fleming. 1900.