Janet Akyüz Mattei

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Janet Akyüz Mattei
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Janet Hanula Mattei (née Akyüz; January 2, 1943 – March 22, 2004) was a

Turkish-American astronomer who was the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
(AAVSO) from 1973 to 2004.

Biography

Janet Hanula Akyüz was born in

Wien Scholarship. Later, she was offered a job by Dorrit Hoffleit at the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts
.

She worked at

Leander McCormick Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1970 to 1972 and received her M.A. in Astronomy from the University of Virginia in 1972 and her Ph.D. in Astronomy from Ege University in İzmir, Turkey, 1982.[citation needed
]

As head of the AAVSO for over 30 years, she collected observations of variable stars by amateur astronomers from around the world. She coordinated many important observing programs between amateur observers and professional astronomers. She was also keenly interested in education and student science projects. Under her direction, the database of the association was made available to educators[3] and also assisted non-professional astronomers access the Hubble Space Telescope.

Awards and honors

Mattei won many awards, including the Centennial Medal of the Société Astronomique de France, 1987;

M.P.C. 41938).[4]

Death

She died of leukemia in Boston in 2004, aged 61.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ The Janet Mattei Gravesite", AAVSO, Volume 33, 2005, p. 149.
  2. ^ "Janet Akyuz Mattei (1943 - 2004) - American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  3. ^ Janet Akyuz Mattei, Astronomer, Dies at 61, The New York Times, April 2, 2004.
  4. ^ "11695 Mattei (1998 FA74)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

External links

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