词条 | Muriel Mussells Seyfert |
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| name = Muriel M. Seyfert | image = Muriel E Mussells Seyfert.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|02|03}} | birth_place = Danvers, Massachusetts | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|11|09|1909|02|03}} | death_place = Gainesville, Georgia | death_cause = | resting_place = Hall County Memorial Park, Gainesville, GA | resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|34.26833|N|83.86278|W}} | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Astronomer, Portrait artist | workplaces = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (born Muriel Elizabeth Mussells, 3 February 1909 – 9 November 1997) was an American astronomer best known for discovery of "ring nebulae" (planetary nebulae) in the Milky Way while working at the Harvard College Observatory in 1936. Early lifeMuriel was born on 3 February 1909 in Danvers, Massachusetts, the daughter of George and Stella Mussells.[1] Scientific contributionsMussells Seyfert was employed as a human computer at the Harvard College Observatory. She is best known for discovery of new ring nebulae in the Milky Way.[2] Personal lifeSylvia Mussells Lindsay, wife of Eric Mervyn Lindsay, was Muriel's sister. In May 20, 1935, she married Carl Keenan Seyfert[3] after whom the Seyfert galaxies and the Seyfert's Sextet were named. The couple had two children. References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=McFarland|first1=John|title=A modern vision: Eric Lindsay at Armagh|journal=Oxford Journal|date=1 February 2004|volume=45|issue=1|pages=18–22|issn=1468-4004}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Seyfert, Muriel Mussells}}{{US-astronomer-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Fuller|first1=Wesley|title=Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909)|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_306465|website=SIA Collections|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|accessdate=20 December 2014|date=1936-03-16}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Eric Mervyn Lindsay|url=http://www.clanlindsay.com/eric_mervyn_lindsay.htm|website=Lindsay's International|accessdate=27 March 2015}} 6 : 1909 births|1997 deaths|American astronomers|Harvard Computers|20th-century women scientists|20th-century American scientists |
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