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Ida Barney

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Gender Female
Death41 years ago
Date of birth November 6,1886
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born New Haven
Connecticut
United States
Date of died March 7,1982
DiedNew Haven
Connecticut
United States
Field Astronomy
Education Smith College
Awards Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
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Ida Barney Life story


Ida Barney was an American astronomer, best known for her 22 volumes of astrometric measurements on 150,000 stars. She was educated at Smith College and Yale University and spent most of her career at the Yale University Observatory. She was the 1952 recipient of the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy.

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