For the #Spacetober#linocut#astronomer#histsci 🧵

That's so cool

Named the Harvard Classification after the university, her tremendous contribution was less visible. Eldest of 3 daughters of Delaware shipbuilder/state senator Wilson Cannon & Mary Jump, Annie’s mom taught her the constellations & encouraged her to pursue her own interests. She studied physics 🧵2

Our HPC cluster (at Harvard) is named after her!

I still think she was just messing with everyone when she assigned the labels in the ordering system

Love this, though to my shame at first I mistook it for an ad by Radical Tea Towel company. Thank you for the bio, too.

I absolutely cannot love this any more than I do. It's gorgeous!