Henrietta Hill Swope
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Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer known for her pioneering work on variable stars and for being one of the first women to make significant contributions to modern observational astronomy.
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| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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astronomer → human → |
| awardReceived |
Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy
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Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| donatedTo |
Carnegie Observatories
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Las Campanas Observatory → |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
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Radcliffe College → |
| employer |
Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Harvard College Observatory → |
| familyName |
Swope
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| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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variable stars → |
| gender |
female
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| givenName |
Henrietta
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| hasRelative |
Gerard Swope
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Henrietta Hill → |
| honorificEponym |
Swope Supernova Survey
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Swope Telescope → asteroid 2168 Swope → crater Swope on the Moon → |
| influenced |
development of extragalactic distance scale
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| influencedBy |
Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s work on Cepheid variables
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| knownFor |
contributions to distance scale measurements in astronomy
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measuring periods and magnitudes of variable stars → work on Cepheid variable stars in nearby galaxies → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
Harvard College Observatory staff
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| name |
Henrietta Hill Swope
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| notableAchievement |
among the first women to hold a prominent research role in modern observational astronomy
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| notableFor |
early contributions to modern observational astronomy
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philanthropic support of astronomical observatories → pioneering work on variable stars → |
| notableWork |
photographic studies of variable stars in globular clusters
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variable star surveys in the Magellanic Clouds → |
| occupation |
astronomer
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| partOf |
early 20th-century women in astronomy
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| relativeType |
daughter of Gerard Swope
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granddaughter of Henrietta Hill → |
| researchFocus |
period–luminosity relations of variable stars
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photometry of variable stars → |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Las Campanas Observatory region, Chile → |
Referenced by (3)
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Henrietta Hill Swope
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name |
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Swope Telescope
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namedAfter |
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Edward Charles Pickering
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notableStudent |