Annie Jump Cannon

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    Cannon Lifespan

  • Jansen and Lockyer observe solar prominences.

    Jansen and Lockyer observe solar prominences.

  • Asaph Hall discovers Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars.

    Asaph Hall discovers Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars.
    Asaph Hall discovers Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars.

  • The Great Red Spot on Jupiter becomes prominent.

    The Great Red Spot on Jupiter becomes prominent.

  • Cannon joined the "Pickering Women"

    Cannon joined the "Pickering Women"
    Pickering woman are women hired by Harvard College Observatory director to reduce data and carry out astronomical calculations.
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    Provisional Catalogue

    Published a provisional catalogue with 1,957 variable stars

  • Albert Einstein introduces special Theory of Relativity in paper Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

    Albert Einstein introduces special Theory of Relativity in paper Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

  • Hertzsprung describes giant and drawf stars

    Hertzsprung describes giant and drawf stars

  • Harvard Spectral Classification

    Harvard Spectral Classification
    Harvard Spectral Classification officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union
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    Hertz and Russel introduce H-R diagram

  • Einstein

    Einstein
    Albery Einstein introduces his General Theory of Relativity

  • Groningen University

    Groningen University
    Annie Jump Cannon is the first woman to receive a doctor of astronomy degree from Groningen University

  • Hubble shows that galaxies exist outside the Milky Way galaxy.

    Hubble shows that galaxies exist outside the Milky Way galaxy.

  • Cannon recieves honorary degree from Oxford

    Cannon recieves honorary degree from Oxford

  • Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.

    Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.