Muriel Mussells Seyfert
Muriel M. Seyfert | |
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| Born | February 3, 1909 |
| Died | November 9, 1997 (aged 88) |
| Resting place | Hall County Memorial Park, Gainesville, GA 34°16′06″N 83°51′46″W / 34.26833°N 83.86278°W |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomer, Portrait artist |
Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (born Muriel Elizabeth Mussells, February 3, 1909 – November 9, 1997) was an American
Early life
Muriel was born on February 3, 1909, in Danvers, Massachusetts, the daughter of George and Stella Mussells.[1]
Scientific contributions
Mussells Seyfert was employed as a human computer at the Harvard College Observatory. By examining photographic plates taken at Harvard’s astronomical station at Bloemfontain, South Africa, she discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way galaxy in the mid-1930s.[2][3]
Artist
After moving to Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, Muriel pursued painting and maintained her art studio in the observatory residence (which has since become known as Muriel’s Retreat in her honor).
On March 18, 1952, a one-night art show of her art work was held at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville.[4]
Personal life
On May 20, 1935, Muriel married
Muriel's sister, Sylvia Mussells Lindsay, also worked as a Harvard computer and discovered the first dwarf galaxy, the Sculptor system. She married astronomer Eric Mervyn Lindsay.[6]
References
- ISSN 1468-4004.
- ^ a b c "Muriel Mussells Seyfert – Jack of All Trades". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Muriel Mussells Seyfert – Artist". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "Eric Mervyn Lindsay". Lindsay's International. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Astronomy & Geophysics journal". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2022-09-27.