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Nantucket's heavenly legacy:

Nantucket's heavenly legacy:. Maria Mitchell discovers a comet . Cobblestone streets, brick mansions. Whaling capital of the world. Stately homes with rooftop lookouts. Nineteenth Century Nantucket*. A Place in the History of Astronomy. Sextant. Telescope. Familiar tools of navigation*.

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Nantucket's heavenly legacy:

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  1. Nantucket's heavenly legacy:

  2. Maria Mitchell discovers a comet

  3. Cobblestone streets, brick mansions

  4. Whaling capital of the world

  5. Stately homes with rooftop lookouts

  6. Nineteenth Century Nantucket*

  7. A Place in the History of Astronomy

  8. Sextant

  9. Telescope

  10. Familiar tools of navigation*

  11. Maria Mitchell

  12. Born 1818

  13. By age 12

  14. Familiar with these tools

  15. Passionate sky-watcher

  16. Fateful Night: Oct. 1, 1847

  17. Rooftop telescope

  18. A fuzzy blob above the North Star

  19. The Nantucket comet

  20. First comet found by U.S. citizen

  21. First comet found by a woman

  22. Accolades and Awards

  23. King of Denmark

  24. Gold medal

  25. Smithsonian

  26. $100 prize

  27. American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  28. First woman elected

  29. Vassar College, 1865

  30. First female astronomy professor in the U.S.

  31. Other Notable Activities

  32. Solar eclipses

  33. Lead expeditions

  34. Fund-raising

  35. Vassar Observatory

  36. Observation

  37. Great Comet of 1882

  38. Womens’ rights

  39. Salary equal to younger male professors

  40. Commemorating Maria Mitchell

  41. Preserved childhood home

  42. Maria Mitchell Association

  43. Encourages natural sciences

  44. Summer student internships

  45. Promising students conduct experiments

  46. Astronomy, biology, earth science

  47. On Nantucket Island

  48. Original telescope she used

  49. The small telescope that Mitchell used to discover the Nantucket comet is now mounted in her childhood home on Vestal Street, across from the headquarters of the Maria Mitchell Association

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