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Stars for life

"From the beginning, I wanted to become a chemist, but the total eclipse of the Sun on January 24, 1925 changed my mind. The glory of that spectacle seems to have tied me to astronomy for life", said Canada's most important woman astronomer, who dedicated her life to research on globular cluster stars. Helen Sawyer Hogg received six decorations, among them the "Companion of the Order of Canada", one of the highest honors in Canada. She was the first female president of the Canadian Astronomical Society and in 2004 she was posthumously honored when she was included in the "Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame" at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa.

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