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Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer

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Maria Mitchell's curiosity about the night sky led her to spend hours studying the stars. She discovered a comet as a young woman, winning an award from the King of Denmark for being the first person to discover a new comet using a telescope. Now famous as "the lady astronomer," Maria went on to become a professional astronomer, an unheard of achievement for a woman in the 19th century. She was the first woman to get any kind of government job when she was hired by the United States Naval Observatory. Then as the first ...

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Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer 2023, Creston Books, Berkeley

ISBN-13: 9781954354135

Hardcover