Henrietta Swan Leavitt (; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (; 4 Juli 1868 - 12 Desember 1921) adalah seorang astronom Amerika.
, she worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a human computer, tasked with measuring photographic plates to catalog the positions and brightness of stars.
Lulusan dari Radcliffe College, dia bekerja di Harvard College Observatory sebagai "komputer", bertugas memeriksa pelat fotografi untuk mengukur dan membuat katalog kecerahan bintang.
This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables.
Karya ini membawanya untuk menemukan hubungan antara luminositas dan periode variabel Cepheid.
One of the ASAS-SN telescopes, located in the McDonald Observatory in Texas, is named in her honor.
Salah satu teleskop ASAS-SN, yang terletak di Observatorium McDonald di Texas, dinamai untuk menghormati Henrietta Leavitt.
Anna Von Mertens designed a book-based work of art, Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt.
Anna Von Mertens merancang sebuah karya seni berbasis buku berjudul Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt.
The pages weave Von Merton's artistic interpretations of Leavitt's work with photos and descriptions of the work of Leavitt and her fellow Harvard Computers.
Halaman-halaman buku ini menggabungkan interpretasi artistik Von Mertens terhadap karya Leavitt dengan foto dan deskripsi mengenai pekerjaan Leavitt dan rekan-rekannya sesama komputer Harvard.
George Johnson wrote a 2005 biography, Miss Leavitt's Stars, which showcases the triumphs of women's progress in science through the story of Leavitt.
George Johnson menulis biografi tahun 2005, Miss Leavitt's Stars, yang menyoroti kemajuan perempuan dalam ilmu pengetahuan melalui kisah Henrietta Leavitt.
Robert Burleigh wrote the 2013 biography Look Up!:
Robert Burleigh menulis biografi tahun 2013 berjudul Look Up!:
Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer for a younger audience.
Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer untuk audiens yang lebih muda, yaitu anak-anak berusia empat hingga delapan tahun.
Lauren Gunderson wrote a 2015 play, Silent Sky, which followed Leavitt's journey from her acceptance at Harvard to her death.
Lauren Gunderson menulis drama tahun 2015, Silent Sky, yang mengikuti perjalanan Leavitt dari penerimaannya di Harvard hingga kematiannya.
Theo Strassell wrote a play, The Troubling Things We Do, an absurdist piece that details the life of Henrietta Leavitt, among other scientists from her era.
Theo Strassell menulis drama The Troubling Things We Do, sebuah karya absurd yang merinci kehidupan Henrietta Leavitt, di samping ilmuwan lainnya dari era tersebut.
Dava Sobel's book The Glass Universe chronicles the work of the women analyzing images taken of the stars at the Harvard College Observatory.
Buku The Glass Universe karya Dava Sobel mengisahkan tentang pekerjaan para wanita yang menganalisis gambar bintang yang diambil di Observatorium Kolej Harvard.
The BBC included Leavitt in their Missed Genius series designed to celebrate individuals from diverse backgrounds who have had a profound effect on our world.
BBC memasukkan Leavitt dalam seri Missed Genius, yang bertujuan untuk merayakan individu dari berbagai latar belakang yang memberikan dampak besar bagi dunia.
Central Square Theater commissioned a play, The Women Who Mapped The Stars, by Joyce Van Dyke, as part of the Brit D'Arbeloff Women in Science Production Series, staged by the Nora Theatre Company.
Teater Central Square memesan drama The Women Who Mapped The Stars karya Joyce Van Dyke sebagai bagian dari Seri Produksi Wanita dalam Ilmu Pengetahuan Brit D'Arbeloff,
The play features Leavitt's story, among others.
Drama ini menampilkan kisah Leavitt dan lainnya.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt: a Star of the Brightest Magnitude ACS/Women Chemists Committee's biography with several links Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Tim Hunter (astronomer), The Grasslands Observatory Henrietta Swan Leavitt's genealogy Henrietta Swan Leavitt – Lady of Luminosity from the Woman Astronomer website O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Henrietta Swan Leavitt", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
Henrietta Swan Leavitt: a Star of the Brightest Magnitude ACS/Women Chemists Committee's biography with several links Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Tim Hunter (astronomer), The Grasslands Observatory Henrietta Swan Leavitt's genealogy Henrietta Swan Leavitt – Lady of Luminosity from the Woman Astronomer website O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Henrietta Swan Leavitt", Arsip Sejarah Matematika MacTutor, Universitas St Andrews.