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Myrtle L. Richmond
Myrtle L. Richmond, from the 1907 Smith College yearbook
Born
Myrtle Leila Richmond
(1882-09-30 ) September 30, 1882
Vinland, Kansas
Died January 2, 1973(1973-01-02) (aged 90 )
Pasadena, California
Alma mater
University of Denver (AM )
Known for Computer at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1913 to 1947 Scientific career Fields Mathematics and Astronomy Institutions
Goodsell Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory
Myrtle Leila Richmond (September 30, 1882 – January 2, 1973) was an American astronomical researcher, a computer who worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1913 to 1947.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Richmond was born in Vinland, Kansas , the daughter of Frank L. Richmond and Leila Delight Richmond.[1] [2] Smith College in 1907,[3] University of Denver .[4] [5]
Richmond taught mathematics at the University of Denver,[4] Chamberlin Observatory in Colorado in 1909.[6] Goodsell Observatory in 1912,[7] Variable stars [8] comet 's orbit.[9]
Richmond joined the Mount Wilson Observatory computing department in 1913, and retired in 1947, after she "ably assisted in a large number of stellar and solar investigations."[10] [11] [12] [13] Pluto ,[14] [15] [16] moons of Jupiter .[17] [18] [19] A photometric study of the pleiades (1931, with Harlow Shapley ), Mean distribution of stars according to apparent magnitude and galactic latitude (1925), The mean color-index of stars of different apparent magnitudes. Some relations between magnitude scales (1925), and Mount Wilson catalogue of photographic magnitudes in selected areas 1–139 (1930).[20] Seth Barnes Nicholson [21] Julie Vinter Hansen .[22]
Personal life [ edit ]
Richmond enjoyed hiking.[23] Pasadena . Her gravesite is in Woodstock, Vermont ,[1] [2]
References [ edit ]
^ a b "Miss Myrtle Richmond" . Rutland Daily Herald . May 4, 1973. p. 4 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b "Frank L. Richmond" . Vermont Standard . February 14, 1907. p. 3 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith College (1920). Annual register of the Alumnae Association of Smith College
^ a b University of Denver and Colorado Seminary Catalogue (1908–1909): College of Liberal Arts, Graduate School, Preparatory School Google Books .
^ "Smith College Women Hold Reunion" . The Pasadena Post . February 23, 1920. p. 7 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Howe, H. A. (October 1, 1910). REPORTS OF OBSERVATORIES, 1909
^ Payne, William Wallace; Willard, Charlotte R.; Wilson, Herbert Couper; Wilson, Ralph Elmer; Gingrich, Curvin Henry (June–July 1913). "General Notes" . Popular Astronomy . 21
^ Richmond, Myrtle L. (December 1912). "Minima of Variable Stars of the Algol Type" . Popular Astronomy . 20
^ Richmond, Myrtle L. (December 1912). "Ephemeris of Comet 1912 c (Borrelly)" . Popular Astronomy . 20
^ Bowen, Ira S. (December 1948). "Survey of the Year's Work at the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 60 Bibcode :1948PASP...60..353B . doi :10.1086/126090
^ "Stars Figured 40,000,000,000" . Los Angeles Times . July 20, 1929. p. 24 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Women in Science" . Los Angeles Times . July 1, 1929. p. 10 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Carnegie Institution of Washington (1917). Carnegie Institution of Washington ...
^ Richmond, Myrtle L. (1944). "Positions of Pluto" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 56 doi :10.1086/125731 . S2CID 121451412 .
^ Richmond, Myrtle L. (1944). "Ephemeris of Pluto" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 56 Bibcode :1944PASP...56...37R . doi :10.1086/125594 ISSN 0004-6280 . JSTOR 40669890 .
^ van Biesbroeck, G. (April 1944). "Position of Pluto in 1944" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 56 Bibcode :1944PASP...56...89V . doi :10.1086/125616 . S2CID 250770864 .
^ Nicholson, Seth B. (1944). "Orbit of the Ninth Moon of Jupiter" . Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory . 693 : 1–6. Bibcode :1944CMWCI.693....1N .
^ Sandage, Allan; Brown, Louis; Allan, Sandage (2004). Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 1, The Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution ISBN 978-0-521-83078-2
^ Janssen, Edith M.; Vyssotsky, A. N.; Richmond, Myrtle L. (1943). "Seven New S-Type Stars" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 55 Bibcode :1943PASP...55..245J . doi :10.1086/125561 ISSN 0004-6280 . JSTOR 40669971 . S2CID 250741621 .
^ Mount Wilson Observatory; Seares, Frederick Hanley; Kapteyn, J. C; Rhijn, P. J. van; Joyner, Mary C; Richmond, Myrtle L (1930). Mount Wilson catalogue of photographic magnitudes in selected areas 1–139 OCLC 1180673 .
^ Nicholson, Seth B.; Richmond, Myrtle L. (1944). "A Tornado Prominence, June 19, 1944" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 56 Bibcode :1944PASP...56..162N . doi :10.1086/125642 ISSN 0004-6280 . JSTOR 40671678 .
^ Hansen, Julie M. Vinter; Richmond, Myrtle L. (1942). "The Relative Accuracy of Radial Velocities Measured with the Spectrocomparator and with the Usual Measuring Machine" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 54 Bibcode :1942PASP...54..203V . doi :10.1086/125445 ISSN 0004-6280 . JSTOR 40670226 .
^ "Summit of San Jacinto Peak Their Goal" . The Pasadena Post . September 9, 1919. p. 6 . Retrieved December 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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