Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell

Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell
astronomical observatory (en)
Bayanai
Director / manager (en)	Dorrit Hofflet da Margaret Harwood
Ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Shafin yanar gizo	mariamitchell.org
Wuri
41°16′50″N 70°06′16″W
Ƴantacciyar ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Jihar Tarayyar Amurika	Massachusetts

Cibiyar Kula da Loines ta Ƙungiyar Maria Mitchell

An kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell a Massachusetts" Nantucket, Massachusetts, na kasar Amurka, a cikin shekara ta 1908 kuma an sanya masa suna don girmama Maria Mitchell, mace ta farko ta Amurka mai ilimin taurari. Babban bangare ne na Ƙungiyar Maria Mitchell. Cibiyar ta ƙunshi cibiyoyin kallo guda biyu - babban Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell kusa da garin Nantucket da Cibiyar Nazarینی Loines game da kilomita daya a yammacin garin. Har ila yau, wurin adanawa ne don tarin abubuwa masu mahimmanci na fiye da 8,000 (13 ° x 16 °) faranti na hoto na gilashi, rikodin abubuwan lura na manyan sararin sama daga 1913 zuwa 1995.

Cibiyar tana da shirye-shiryen ilimi da bincike na jama'a. Fiye da shekaru 50, cibiyar ta ba da horo na bincike na rani a cikin ilimin taurari da astrophysics ga ɗaliban digiri, wanda Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa ta tallafawa. An fahimci muhimmancin wannan aikin tare da lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa ta 2009 don Kwarewa a Kimiyya, Lissafi, da Injiniya Mentoring, wanda Shugaba Barack Obama ya ba kungiyar Maria Mitchell.

Gidajen kallo guda biyu sun kunshi na'urori masu tasowa guda uku. Wurin titin Vestal yana da ofisoshin bincike da kuma na'urar daukar hoto ta Dall-Kirkham mai inci 17. An shigar da wannan na'urar daukar hoto a cikin 2008 bayan kammala Loines Observatory. Cibiyar Loines Observatory tana da tarihin 7.5-inch Alvan Clark refractor, wanda ake amfani dashi don kallon tauraron jama'a. A wannan wurin akwai kuma mafi girma 24-inch Richey-Chretian reflecting telescope, shigar a cikin 2006, wanda aka sanya shi don yawon shakatawa na jama'a. Ana amfani da telescopes na inci 17 da na inci 24 don bincike a duk shekara.

Ma'aikata

Regina Jorgenson ta zama Darakta na Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell a watan Janairun, 2016. Ta sami digirinta na PhD a fannin kimiyyar lissafi daga Jami'ar California da ke San Diego, don rubutun kan yanayin jiki a cikin tsarin Lyman-alpha. Kafin ta zama darakta a Maria Mitchell, ta rike mukamai masu zuwa: mai bincike na postdoctoral a Cibiyar Nazarin taurari (IoA), Jami'ar Cambridge, Burtaniya (2008-2011); NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow a Cibiyar Astronomy (IfA), Jamiʼar Hawai Canal a Manoa (2011-2014), da Farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Willamette, Oregon (2014-2015). A cikin shekara ta 2014, ta buga tare da masu haɗin gwiwa wani kimantawa na yawan deuterium.

Daraktan farko na wurin kallo, Margaret Harwood.

Daraktocin da suka gabata na Cibiyar Nazarin Maria Mitchell:

• Margaret Harwood (1912-1957)
• Dorrit Hoffleit (1957-1978)
• Emilia Pisani Belserene (1978-1991)
• Eileen Friel (1991-1996)
• Vladimir Strelnitski (1997-2013)
• Michael West (2013-2015)

Masanin taurari Gary Walker shine injiniyan na'urar kallon taurari. Injiniyan jirgin sama ne ta hanyar horo, ya shafe sama da shekaru 30 yana lura, gina telescopes da observatories, daukar hotunan sammai, da kuma yin ma'aunin photometric na taurari masu canzawa tare da kyamarorin CCD. Ya kasance tsohon shugaban kungiyar American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).

Dubi kuma

• Jerin wuraren lura da taurari