Jump Cannon
by ocasazza
This project is named after Annie Jump Cannon, a pioneering astronomer known for her stellar classification work. The provided text focuses on her speed and accuracy in classifying stars.
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Jump Cannon
When Cannon first started cataloging the stars, she was able to classify 1,000 stars in three years, but by 1913, she was able to work on 200 stars an hour.[20] Cannon could classify three stars a minute just by looking at their spectral patterns and, if using a magnifying glass, could classify stars down to the ninth magnitude, around 16 times fainter than the human eye can see.[8] Her work was also highly accurate.[20]
[8] Annie Cannon. She is an Astronomer. 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
[20] Woman Making Index of 100,000 Stars for a Catalogue. The Danville Morning News. February 10, 1913. Retrieved April 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.