Description: Left to right: Prof. D.Ya. Martynov (seated, Director of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute), Prof. I.S. Shklovsky, Nan Dieter Conklin
(Image courtesy of N.D. Conklin)
Description: On 25 March 1951, Harold "Doc" Ewen, working with his Harvard thesis advisor Edward Purcell, made the first observation of HI, neutral interstellar hydrogen, predicted but never before detected. Ewen, as his thesis project, used a horn antenna…
Description: Enlargement of the central section of Nan Dieter Conklin's first astronomical plate from Maria Mitchell Observatory. It was a 2-hour exposure with the cluster M11 near the center. The plate, numbered NA 3152, was taken on the night of July 25-26,…
Description: Log book recording the first exposure Nan Dieter Conklin took by herself. Entry is at the bottom of the page, dated Friday July 25-26 1947, and carries the initials NR (joined together). Credit: Peter Boyce and Maria Mitchell Association.
Description: Helen Dodson Prince is seated at the center with the document in her hand. Her University of Michigan colleague Ruth Hedeman is on the far right, and Harriet Hutzler Malitson, Goucher student and friend of Nan Dieter Conklin is behind Helen Dodson…
