ABOUT
Astronomer who helped measure the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. After her death her work was used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe.Her observation of a class of stars that 'pulse' brighter and darker made possible the calculation of much greater interstellar distances with more accuracy than ever before.Based on her work, Edwin Hubble was able to calculate that the universe is expanding.
BEFORE FAMEAfter her education, she worked at Harvard College Observatory calculating and recording the brightness of stars.
PERSONAL LIFEShe was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Roswell Leavitt, a Congregational church minister.
The meaning of the name Leavitt: Wolf Cub FUN FACTSScientist Henrietta Leavitt were born on Saturday, in a leap year, birthstone is Ruby, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of , it is 185 days until Henrietta Leavitt next birthday.