Annie and the Stars of Many Colors: Video Portrait of Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon

Volume 21 number 2 (1992)

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Barbara Welther

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Alex Griswold

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

This paper describes the content and production of a new video documentary in which fifth-grade students explore the childhood and career of Annie Jump Cannon through hands-on activities at the Harvard University Archives and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.