History is full of stories of amazing #scientists who furthered our understanding of the universe. One such scientist is Annie Jump Cannon, an early 20th-century astronomer whose system for classifying stars is still being used today! ⭐ 🔭 This special video is brought to you by BNY Mellon, thank you! #WomeninSTEM #Science #MuseumofScience #Boston #ScienceForAll | Museum of Science, Boston

In 1893, Annie Jump Cannon began work at the Harvard College Observatory. What followed has never been matched. By hand, using glass photographic plates, she classified more than 350,000 stars. She worked plate by plate, year after year. This was long before computers. This was eyesight, memory, discipline, and speed. Annie was deaf. She was paid less than male colleagues. She was often excluded from meetings where her own data was discussed. Papers were published using her classifications with

Annie Jump Cannon was a deaf female astronomer who developed the Harvard Classification Scheme for stars. Today, astronomers still use it. Take a moment to learn more about her today! Transcript: www.dailymoth.com/blog/deaf-history-annie-jump-cannon | The Daily Moth

Annie Jump Cannon Charts the Stars #AnnieJumpCannon #StellarClassification #WomenInSTEM | TerrifyingMyths