Annie Jump Cannon

Hello I was birthed on December 11th, 1863 and died in 1941.

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@s_hawking_ I'm ashamed you are tweeting at me on a Sunday night for a school project

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@FranklinChangD1 @thtoneastrodude chill out frank you are not funny

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"No greater problem is presented to the human mind."

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DID YOU KNOW I CLASSIFIED OVER 225,000 STARS
DID YOU KNOW I DISCOVERED 300 VARIABLE STARS
DID YOU KNOW I DISCOVERED 5 EXPLODING STARS

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@Giovanni_Cassi GET OUT OF MY MENTIONS

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DID YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE 4 STEP SIBLINGS
DID YOU KNOW THAT MY MOTHER WAS INTERESTED IN START GAZING AT A YOUNG AGE

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I FOUND IT VERY HARD TO CLASSIFY STARS THE CONVENTIONAL WAY

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SO I CREATED MY OWN SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

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I WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT AT HARVARD OBSERVATORY UNDER E. C. PICKERING

WHEN I WAS DOING THAT I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY STARS

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I WAS BORN DECEMBER 11TH, 1863 IN DOVER, DE

I DIED IN 1941

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@ElleryGeorge uh......

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@EdwinHubble15 insane!

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@shoema84 wow that's incredible!

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@Albertastronomy wow you started it all!

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@ilovejohannesk That is actually so cool.

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@FranklinChangD1 wow that is so cool!

[Franklin Chang-Diaz @FranklinChangD1]

when i first came over to america i didn't know how to speak english. i only have $50,000 on me. i was able to convince Hartford Public High

[Giovanni Cassini @Giovanni_Cassi]

Haha remember that one time when Louis XIV gave me a grant to build the Observatory of Paris

[Franklin Chang-Diaz @FranklinChangD1]

School officials to enroll me as a high school senior with a full load of courses. Although i failed most of my classes...