Adelaide Ames
Adelaide Ames | |
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| Born | June 3, 1900 |
| Died | June 26, 1932 (aged 32) |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Vassar College Radcliffe College |
| Occupation(s) | Astronomer Researcher at Harvard University |
| Notable work | Shapley-Ames Catalog |
| Father | T.L. Ames |
| Honours | Member, American Astronomical Society Member, IAU Commission 28 on Nebulae and Star Clusters |
Adelaide Ames (June 3, 1900 – June 26, 1932) was an American astronomer and research assistant at Harvard University. She was best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral nebulae. She contributed to the study of galaxies with her co-authorship of A Survey of the External Galaxies Brighter Than the Thirteenth Magnitude, which was later known as the Shapley-Ames catalog. Ames was a member of the American Astronomical Society. She was a contemporary of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and her closest friend at the observatory.
Ames died in a boating accident in 1932, the same year the Shapley-Ames catalog was published.