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Lady astronomer fills sky charts and suns glow
Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly, 64, renowned American astrophysicist at the Bureau of Standards, identifies technetium in the sun’s atmosphere from spectra data and spectrograph rocket observations. She champions women in science, notes astronomy transcends politics, and urges math training in schools while balancing home life with her physicist husband Bancroft Sitterly.
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