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Thursday
Sep 28
Sep 28, 4 pm - 8 pm
In the Neighborhood
Her Luminous Distance: The Legacies of Women Astronomical Computers at Harvard
Her Luminous Distance: The Legacies of Women Astronomical Computers at Harvard
The Harvard College Observatory's Plate Stack Collection at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
The Harvard College Observatory's Plate Stack Collection at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
In the Neighborhood
EXHIBITION LUMINARY WOMEN SPACE
4 pm
DESCRIPTION

The Harvard Plate Stacks is presenting a special exhibition, Her Luminous Distance: The Legacies of Women Astronomical Computers at Harvard, in the rotunda and dome of the Great Refractor at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Free and open to the public, the exhibition celebrates the legacy of the Women Astronomical Computers and will illuminate to audiences the various disciplines and fields of study that have been inspired by these women and the astronomical photographs that they studied.

FURTHER INFORMATION

This event has multiple listings as it takes place at the following times:

Thursday September 28, 4pm
Friday September 29, 1pm
Saturday September 30, 1pm
Sunday October 1, 1pm

LOCATION
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
60 Garden Street
Cambridge MA
02138
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START TIME
4 pm

END TIME
8 pm
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER

The Harvard College Observatory’s Plate Stack Collection at the Center for Astrophysics is the largest collection of astronomical glass plate negatives where many pioneering women broke barriers in Astronomy, Science, and at Harvard. We are charged with preserving the objects in the collection and elevating the individual and collective legacies of over 146 women who worked here from 1870-1960.

Find out more about The Harvard College Observatory's Plate Stack Collection at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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