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The People Behind Astronomical Plates and Notebooks: Project PHaEDRA and the Harvard College Observatory Computers


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Posted on May 16, 2021
Telescopes are the most recognizable tool in the astronomer’s toolkit, but equally important are the tools for recording astronomical data. In the 19th century, they included glass photographic plates, which captured snapshots of the night sky through the telescope, and notebooks for recording observations and measurements from the plates.
The 24-inch Bruce Doublet telescope installed in Arequipa, Peru. (Courtesy of Harvard College Observatory)
 
Left: Glass plate photograph taken in Arequipa in 1925. (Courtesy of Harvard). Right: Cover of Annie Jump Cannon’s notebook featuring ‘Observations in Arequipa.’ (Courtesy of Harvard (Image ID: phaedra2228))
Beginning in 1885, the Harvard College Observatory (now part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) began an ambitious project to survey the entire night sky. Astronomers at Harvard’s central observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its new obs ....

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Winter Weeks of Welcome - News - Carnegie Mellon University


Carnegie Mellon University traditionally welcomes students to the spring semester with a week-long program of activities ranging from career fairs to midnight breakfast. The academic calendar has shifted in 2021, and the Student Affairs team has likewise adapted.
Rather than one week packed with in-person events, CMU will offer Winter Welcome, stretching from move-in through the second week of classes, Jan. 23 through Feb. 13.
We want to capture existing traditions as well as coordinate with our student organizations who have already rearranged their calendars based on the delay of the start of the semester, said Julie Schultz, associate dean of First-Year Orientation and Family Engagement. ....

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