Beatrice Tinsley

Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (January 27, 1941 - March 23, 1981) was a New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to our understanding of how galaxies evolve with time.

In 1974 she received the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy. The asteroid 3087 Beatrice Tinsley is also named after her.

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.

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.

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

ee also

* Astro Art

References

*citation|first=Christine Cole|last=Catley|title=Bright Star: Beatrice Hill Tinsley, Astronomer|year=2006|publisher=Cape Catley|location=Auckland|isbn=1-877340-01-4.
*citation|last=Dodd|first=Richard J.|title=Appreciation: Beatrice M. Tinsley, 1941-1981|journal=Southern Stars|volume=30|year=1984|pages=429–431.
*citation|last=Faber|first=Sandra|title=Obituary: Beatrice Tinsley|journal=Physics Today|date=1981|volume=34|issue=9|page=110.
*citation|first=Edward|last=Hill|title=My Daughter Beatrice, A Personal Memoir of Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, Astronomer|year=1986|publisher=American Physical Society|location=New-York|isbn=0-88318-493-1.
*citation|last1=Guarnieri|first1=Maria D.|first2=Maria G.|last2=Pancaldi Stagni|title=Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley: una vita per la scienza|journal=Orione|volume=11|year=1991|pages=28–33.
*citation|last1=Larson|first1=Richard B.|last2=Stryker|first2=Linda L.|title=Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley|journal=Quarterly of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=23|year=1982|pages=162–165.
*citation|editor-last=Whineray|editor-first=Scott|title=Beatrice (Hill) Tinsley, 1941-1981, Astronomer: A Tribute in Memory of an Outstanding Physicist|location=Palmerston North, N.Z.|publisher=Massey University, New Zealand, Institute of Physics Education Committee|year=1985.

External links

* [http://www.carleton.edu/departments/PHAS/astro/pages/michele/tinsley.html Beatrice Hill Tinsely] , Michele Nichols, June 10, 1998.
* [http://circa.co.nz/archives/index.htm Bright Star at Circa Theatre]
* [http://www.astronomy.net.nz/ Bright Star at Sharing Space]
* [http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/tinsley.html New Zealand Heroes]
* [http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/cswa/history/tinsley.html Astronomical Society of the Pacific]
* [http://nbr.co.nz/smythe/2005/09/beatrice-tinsley-superstar.html Bright Star review]
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/fti12.html Texas History]
* [http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib02.html#3o Bibliography] from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific