Each eQuinox 2 Telescope in our program will be named after an influential woman in physics or astronomy. Click the links below to read a short biography of each of our telescope’s namesakes in an easy to download pdf. If you would like to recommend a scientist for a future telescope, please complete this form.
Our Telescope Namesakes
Antiquity
- En’hedu’anna (En-heh-do-ah-na): “Our First Great Scientist” [pdf]
- Urania (U-ren-ya): Greek Muse of Astronomy [pdf]
- Theano (Tay-ah-no): Greek Philosopher [pdf]
- Hypatia (high-PAY-sha): Philosopher & Astronomer [pdf]
- Seondeok (See-on-de-uk): Queen of Silla & Korean Astronomer [pdf]
- Fátima (FAA-ti-maa) De Madrid: Spanish Astronomer [pdf]
- Aglaonike (A-gly-o-NIE-kee): Greek Astronomer [pdf]
- Al-‘Ijliyyah (Al-jee-li-e-yah): Arab Maker of Astrolabes [pdf]
17th Century
- Sophia Brahe: Danish Astronomer [pdf]
- Maria Cunitz: Silesian (Polish) Astronomer [pdf]
- Elisabeth Hevelius: Polish Astronomer [pdf]
18th Century
- Dorothea Klumpke: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Maria Winkelmann Kirch: Mathematician & Astronomer [pdf]
- Émilie du Châtelet: Mathematician, Physicist, & Philosopher [pdf]
- Nicole-Reine Lapautre: French Astronomer & Computer [pdf]
- Wang Zhenyi: Mathematician, Astronomer, & Poet [pdf]
- Caroline Herschel: German Astronomer [pdf]
- Mary Somerville: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Isabel Martin Lewis: American Astronomer [pdf]
19th Century
- Ada Lovelace: English Mathematician and Writer [pdf]
- Henrietta Leavitt: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Williamina Fleming: Scottish Astronomer [pdf]
- Annie Jump Cannon: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Maria (Ma-RYE-ah) Mitchell: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Annie Maunder: British Astronomer [pdf]
- Eleanor Lamson: American Astronomer [pdf]
20th Century
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: British Astronomer [pdf]
- Helen Sawyer Hogg: Canadian Astronomer [pdf]
- Pariz Pishmish: Mexican-American Astronomer [pdf]
- Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Astronomer [pdf]
- Hisako Koyama: Japanese Solar Observer [pdf]
- Margaret Burbidge: British-American Astronomer [pdf]
- Katherine Johnson: American Mathematician [pdf]
- Mary Jackson: American Aerospace Engineeer [pdf]
- Adelina Gutiérrez: Chilean Astronomer [pdf]
- Carolyn Shoemaker: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Melba Roy: American Mathematician [pdf]
- Annie Easley: Mathematician & Rocket Scientist [pdf]
- Sally Ride: American Astronaut & Physicist [pdf]
- Beth Brown: American Astrophysicist [pdf]
- Barbara Pichardo Silva: Mexican Astronomer [pdf]
- Dorrit Hoffleit: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Mercedes Richards: Jamaican Astronomer [pdf]
- Vera Fedorovna Gaze: Russian Astronomer [pdf]
- Charlene Heisler: Canadian Astronomer [pdf]
- Carolyn Hurless: American Astronomer [pdf]
- Odette Jasse: French Astronomer [pdf]
- Frances Woodworth Wright: American Astronomer & Educator [pdf]
- Judith Love Cohen: American Aerospace Engineer [pdf]
- Mareta West: American Astrogeologist [pdf]