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Annie Jump Cannon, Census Taker of the Sky

Annie Jump Cannon, Census Taker of the Sky

Stuff You Missed in History Class

August 2, 202138m 15s

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Annie Jump Cannon has been described as doing for stars what Carl Linnaeus did for organisms. She compiled a massive star catalogue, and became known both as the most famous woman astronomer of her lifetime, and as the “census-taker of the sky.”

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