Beatrice Tinsley
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Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (January 27, 1941 - March 23, 1981) was an New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to our understanding of how galaxies evolve with time.
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[edit] AAS Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
In 1986 the American Astronomical Society established the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize for outstanding creative contributions to astronomy or astrophysics.
[edit] Tributes
In 2005, the Circa Theatre produced a play called Bright Star, about the life of Beatrice Tinsley. The Wellington Astronomical Society held telescope viewing sessions outside the theatre, on the wharf next to Te Papa.
[edit] Publications
A selection of her publications includes:
- Correlation of the Dark Mass in Galaxies with Hubble type, 1981, Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices, vol. 194, p. 63-75
- Relations between Nucleosynthesis Rates and the Metal Abundance, 1980, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 89, no. 1-2, p. 246-248
- Stellar Lifetimes and Abundance Ratios in Chemical Evolution, 1979, Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 229, p. 1046-1056
- Colors as Indicators of the Presence of Spiral and Elliptical Components in N Galaxies, 1977, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 89, p. 245-250
- Surface Brightness Parameters as Tests of Galactic Evolution, 1976, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 209, p. L7-L9
- The Color-Redshift Relation for Giant Elliptical Galaxies, 1971, Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 12, p.394
[edit] Biography
- Edward Hill My Daughter Beatrice, A Personal Memoir of Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, Astronomer, 1986, American Physical Society, New-York.
- Christine Cole Catley Bright star : Beatrice Hill Tinsley, astronomer, 2006, Cape Catley, Auckland.
