Maria Mitchell Observatory
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The Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, was founded in 1908 and named in honor of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer. It is a major component of the Maria Mit
Loines Observatory of the Maria Mitchell Association
The observatory's first director, Margaret Harwood.
Maria Mitchell
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Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. She won a go
Maria Mitchell Observatory
…The Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, was founded in 1908 and named in honor of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer. It is a major component of the Maria Mitchell Association. The Observatory actually consists of two observatories…
Maria Mitchell portrait
Photograph of Maria Mitchell by Julia Ward Howe,
Portrait of Maria Mitchell by Herminia Borchard Dassel, ca. 1851
Maria Mitchell (seated) inside the dome of the Vassar College Observatory, with her student Mary Watson Whitney (standing), circa 1877