Throughout the history of Astronomy, women were the "computers,"
assistants who did all the math calculations at observatories.
THE WOMEN COMPUTERS
at
Harvard Observatory
Across Clues:
1. Women at observatories who made calculations from data about starlight
were called __________.
8. Moon of Jupiter with active volcanos dicovered by Linda Moribito at JPL
9. To acquire a foreign land.
10. United States (abbr) 12. Classified as the smallest star.
13. Maury's classification system established this group of large star:
red ________. 14. Egyptian leader: Anwar _______. 16. Donkey
19. Noble address 21. The computers were not allowed to
use this instrument. 25. Electrical Engineer (abbr). 26. French translation of "the." 28. Cecilia Gaposchkin
proved that H and He are
the ________ abundant elements in the universe. 30. Sticker on
a car. 32. American National Biographies (abbr.) 33. Bed and Breakfast
of old. 35. Teachers' Secure Annuity (abbr) 36. Nightfall
in Spanish: ___ ______ de la noche (two words). 39. Maury discovered
the second and confirmed the first of these double star systems. 40. Opposite of front.
Down Clues:
1. Not the source of the Milky Way. 2. the red planet. 3. Act like a Pope: __o__ti__ic__l.
4. United Nations (abbr.) 5. Electronic communication before
the telephone: __el__ __r__ph.
6. opposite of enter. 7. the nearest star 8. brainchild
11. Object with nuclear fusion
15. Leavitt discovered the key to measuring the __________ from other galaxies.
17. road (abbr).
18. Astronomer's view of young star (two words). 19. Starlight
through prisms. 20. Latin: id est 22. to allow 23. The Hertsprung/Russell
diagram determines how ______a star is. 24. The first job of
Willamina Fleming: ___ _______ (two words). 27. At the center
of a galaxy: a _________ hole.
29. opposite of "on" 31. symbol for Astatine 33. Island (abbr) 34. Rock group: Sha Na ___.
37. Obstetrics (abbr) 38. Author of Charlotte's Web: ___.
___. White