Henrietta Swan Leavitt
A history of astronomy
Who is this ?
Born in 1868, in Massachusetts
George Roswell
Leavitt
Swan Kendrick
Leavitt
1883
Harvard computers Data processing
Photographic plates
Brightness rancking
The Background of Henrietta Leavitt
1908
1912
Publications on Magellanic
clouds
Creation law of Leavitt
1921
Appointed to the Department of
Stellar Photometry
The great discovery of Henrietta
Discovery of Cepheids
Distance scales in the universe
Distance Directory
It’s up to you !
What law was invented by henrietta Leavitt?
What discovery has been able to determine the planting distances?
What are the characteristics of a Cepheid?
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