Ida Barney (November 6, 1886 – March 7, 1982) was an American astronomer, best known for her 22 volumes of astrometric measurements on 150,000 stars.
Ida Barney (6 November 1886 – 7 Maret 1982) adalah astronom asal Amerika Serikat yang dikenal atas 22 volume pengukuran astrometri terhadap 150.000 bintang.
She was educated at Smith College and Yale University and spent most of her career at the Yale University Observatory.
Ia menempuh pendidikan di Smith College dan Yale University, serta menghabiskan sebagian besar kariernya di Yale University Observatory.
She was the 1952 recipient of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy.
Pada 1952, ia menerima penghargaan Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy.
Barney was born on November 6, 1886, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Barney lahir pada 6 November 1886 di New Haven, Connecticut, dari pasangan
After her retirement from Yale, she continued to live in New Haven, where she died on March 7, 1982, aged 95 years old.
Setelah pensiun dari Yale, ia tetap tinggal di New Haven hingga wafat pada 7 Maret 1982 di usia 95 tahun.
In 1908, Barney was graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Tahun 1908, Barney lulus dari Smith College dengan gelar Bachelor of Arts.
There, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, national honor societies for students.
Di kampus, ia menjadi anggota Phi Beta Kappa dan Sigma Xi, organisasi kehormatan nasional untuk mahasiswa berprestasi.
Three years later, she received her Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University.
Tiga tahun kemudian, ia meraih gelar Ph.D. dalam bidang matematika dari Yale University.
From 1911–1912, just after receiving her Ph.D., Barney was a mathematics professor at Rollins College.
Pada 1911 hingga 1912, usai meraih gelar doktor, Barney menjadi profesor matematika di Rollins College.
The Observatory, like many other university observatories, was allocating significant resources to astronomy, thanks to the development of telescope-mounted cameras.
Saat itu, observatorium banyak mengalokasikan sumber daya untuk penelitian astronomi seiring berkembangnya kamera teleskopik.
At the beginning of her career in astronomy, Barney worked under Frank Schlesinger; she plotted the position of stars from photographic plates and worked on the calculations of their celestial coordinates from their positions on the plates.
Di awal kariernya, Barney bekerja di bawah Frank Schlesinger dengan memetakan posisi bintang dari pelat foto dan menghitung koordinat langit berdasarkan posisi bintang tersebut.
In 1941, when Schlesinger retired, Barney took over full supervision of the cataloguing.
Pada 1941, setelah Schlesinger pensiun, Barney mengambil alih penuh pengawasan proyek katalog bintang.
Under her direction, the measurements of the photographic plates were completed at the IBM Watson Scientific Laboratory using a new electronic device that advanced the reduction of eye strain and increased accuracy.
Di bawah arahannya, pengukuran pelat foto dilakukan di IBM Watson Scientific Laboratory dengan perangkat elektronik yang mengurangi kelelahan mata dan meningkatkan akurasi.
Her life's work, completed over 23 years, contributed to the Yale Observatory Zone Catalog, a series of star catalogs published by the Yale Observatory for 1939 to 1983, containing approximately 400,000 stars, and influenced the Bright Star Catalogue.
Karyanya selama 23 tahun ini berkontribusi besar pada Yale Observatory Zone Catalog, serangkaian katalog bintang yang diterbitkan dari 1939 hingga 1983 dan mencakup sekitar 400.000 bintang.