Women in South African Astronomy

n honour of National Women’s day, Dr. Steve Crawford will present some of the wide range of astronomical research that are being lead by women in and from South Africa. These include explorations of our very own solar system to studies of the largest scale structures in the Universe. From innovative observations being made at the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and future ground-breaking studies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) to theoretical modelling of the structures of our Universe over a vast scale, women are making critical contributions to our understanding of the Universe. During this talk, we shall celebrate the contributions of women in South African astronomy.

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1. Women in South African Astronomy Dr. Steve Crawford twitter: @astrocrawford SAAO Tuesday, October 13, 15
2. And there the road is to this day. Some people call it the Milky Way; some call it the Stars' Road, but no matter what you call it, it is the path made by a young girl many, many years ago, who threw the bright sparks of her fire high up into the sky to make a road in the darkness. Tuesday, October 13, 15
3. Mary Ann Fallows The observatory in 1834 In 1830, she discovered a comet while she was working as the primary assistant to the Observatory Director, her husband Tuesday, October 13, 15
4. “Lady Computers” Women employed during this time included: E. van Lingen, M. S. Blackwell, M. Coats, N. Crosby, N. Maclear, M. Stevens, M. E. Straith, H. F. Twamley, A. G. Crosby, M. M. Trill, T. Stephens, M. Bowman, S. B. Berg, M. Eedes, C. Halkett, and J. Hutcheon Tuesday, October 13, 15
5. Women in Physics in South Africa Tuesday, October 13, 15
6. Career Path Bsc with an honours in astronomy Master and PhD in Astronomy/ Physics/Mathematics/Space Science Research Astronomer Education Private Sector Tuesday, October 13, 15
7. The Atmosphere of Pluto Dr. Amanda Gulbis Tuesday, October 13, 15
8. Building instruments for astronomical use Dr. Lisa Crause Tuesday, October 13, 15
9. Planets around other stars Dr. Encarni Romero Colmenero Tuesday, October 13, 15
10. Planets around other stars Dr. Encarni Romero Colmenero Tuesday, October 13, 15
11. Binary Stars Tuesday, October 13, 15
12. Searching for Magnetic cataclysmic variable Ms. Mokhine Motsoaledi CRTS Transient Discoveries Tuesday, October 13, 15
13. Real Time Stellar Transients Dr Marissa Kotze Tuesday, October 13, 15
14. Black Holes in Globular Clusters Dr. Tana Joseph Tuesday, October 13, 15
15. Modeling the structure of gas around stars Dr. Shazrene Mohamed Tuesday, October 13, 15
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17. Using variable stars to measure cosmic distances Dr. Patricia Whitelock Tuesday, October 13, 15
18. Looking at the formation of disks in galaxies Dr. Michelle Cluver Tuesday, October 13, 15
19. Star formation in Infrared Luminous GalaxiesDr. Zara Randriamanakoto Tuesday, October 13, 15
20. Tracing the merger history of galaxies Dr. Ros Skelton Tuesday, October 13, 15
21. Exploring the properties of brightest cluster galaxies Dr. Ilani Loubser Tuesday, October 13, 15
22. Large Scale Structures in our Universe Prof. Renée Kraan-Korteweg Tuesday, October 13, 15
23. Large Scale Structures in our Universe Prof. Renée Kraan-Korteweg SAAO Open Night on 22 Aug: The large-scale galaxy structures and motions in the nearby Universe Tuesday, October 13, 15
24. Dr. Sarah Blythe Laduma The Looking At the Distant Universe with the MeerKAT Array Tuesday, October 13, 15
25. Dr. Sarah Blythe Laduma The Looking At the Distant Universe with the MeerKAT Array Fernadez et al. 2013 Tuesday, October 13, 15
26. Helping build the Square Kilometer Array Dr. Sharmilla Goedhart Tuesday, October 13, 15
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29. Simulating the Universe Prof. Catherine Cress National Center for Supercomputer Applications by Andrey Kravtsov (The University of Chicago) and Anatoly Klypin (New Mexico State University). Visualizations by Andrey Kravtsov. Tuesday, October 13, 15
30. Modeling the Cosmological Performance of the SKA Ms. Sahba Yahya Tuesday, October 13, 15
31. Chameleon Cosmology Dr. Amanda Weltman Tuesday, October 13, 15
32. Exploring Alternative Theories of Gravity Dr. Anne Marie Nzioki Tuesday, October 13, 15
33. Precision Cosmology Dr. Renée Hlozek Tuesday, October 13, 15
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