Muriel Mussells Seyfert
| Muriel M. Seyfert | |
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| Born |
February 3, 1909 Danvers, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 9, 1997 (aged 88) Gainesville, Georgia |
| Resting place | Hall County Memorial Park, Gainesville, GA 34°16′06″N 83°51′46″W / 34.26833°N 83.86278°W |
| Fields | Astronomer, Portrait artist |
Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (born Muriel Elizabeth Mussells, 3 February 1909 – 9 November 1997) was an American astronomer best known for discovery of "ring nebulae" (planetary nebulae) in the Milky Way while working at the Harvard College Observatory in 1936.
Muriel was born on 3 February 1909 in Danvers, Massachusetts, the daughter of George and Stella Mussells.
Mussells Seyfert was employed as a human computer at the Harvard College Observatory. She is best known for discovery of new ring nebulae in the Milky Way.
Sylvia Mussells Lindsay, wife of Eric Mervyn Lindsay, was Muriel's sister. In May 20, 1935, she married Carl Keenan Seyfert after whom the Seyfert galaxies and the Seyfert's Sextet were named. The couple had two children.
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