Helen Chambliss Williams Lines (July 13, 1918 – January 29, 2001) was an American amateur astronomer. In her beginnings she was a deep-sky observer and astrophotographer.
Astronomy
editIn 1969, Lines was one of early members of the Phoenix Astronomical Society.[1] Lines was a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. She and her husband, civil engineer Richard D. Lines,[2] built a small observatory in Mayer, Arizona,[3] and wrote about its construction for Sky & Telescope.[4] In 1992 they won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for their work in the field of photoelectric photometry of variable stars.[5] She was a co-author on two scientific papers published in the mid-1990s.[6][7]
Publications
edit- "A New Amateur Observatory in Central Arizona" (1968, with Richard D. Lines)[4]
- "UBVRI photometry of the recurrent nova T coronae borealis" (1988, with Richard D. Lines and Thomas G. McFaul)[8]
- "Evolution of starspots in the long-period RS CVN binary V1817 Cygni = HR 7428" (1990, with Richard D. Lines, Douglas S. Hall, and Susan E. Gessner)[9]
- "The Two Variables in The Triple System HR 6469=V819 Her: One Eclipsing, One Spotted" (1994, with 16 other authors)[6]
- "Starspots Found on the Ellipsoidal Variable V350 Lacertae = HR 8575" (1995, with 5 other authors)[7]
Personal life
editHelen Chambliss Williams was born in Forrest City, Arkansas, the daughter of Russell Williams and Sadie Borden Williams. Her father was the chief of police in Forrest City.[10] She married Richard Damon Lines in 1936. They had a daughter, Chambliss. Richard Lines died in 1992,[11] and Helen Lines died in 2001, aged 82 years, in Searcy, Arkansas.
References
edit- ^ Murray, Clyde (1969-01-05). "State amateur stargazers' numbers jump". Arizona Republic. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Comet Spied by Engineer". Arizona Republic. 1962-04-07. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Study of Variable Stars Using Small Telescopes. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. CUP Archive. 1986. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-521-33300-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Lines, Richard D.; Lines, Helen C. (September 1968). ""A New Amateur Observatory in Central Arizona"". Sky & Telescope. 36 (3): 183–186.
- ^ "Past recipients". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b van Hamme, W.V.; Hall, D.S.; Hargrove, A.W.; Henry, G.W.; Wasson, R.; Barkslade, W.S.; Chang, S.; Fried, R.E.; Green, C.L.; Lines, H.C.; Lines, R.D.; Nielsen, P.; Powell, H.D.; Reisenweber, R.C.; Rogers, C.W.; Shervais, S.; Tatum, R. "The Two Variables in The Triple System HR 6469=V819 Her: One Eclipsing, One Spotted" Astronomical Journal 107(1994): , p.1521.
- ^ a b Crews, L.J.; Hall, D.S.; Henry, G.W.; Lines, R.D.; Lines, H.C.; Fried, R.E. "Starspots Found on the Ellipsoidal Variable V350 Lacertae = HR 8575" Astronomical Journal 109(1995): , p.1346.
- ^ Lines, Helen C., Richard D. Lines, and Thomas G. McFaul. "UBVRI photometry of the recurrent nova T coronae borealis." The Astronomical Journal 95 (1988): 1505-1509.
- ^ Hall, Douglas S.; Gessner, Susan E.; Lines, Helen C.; Lines, Richard D. (December 1990). "Evolution of starspots in the long-period RS CVN binary V1817 Cygni = HR 7428". The Astronomical Journal. 100: 2017. Bibcode:1990AJ....100.2017H. doi:10.1086/115656.
- ^ "Body of Missing Merchant Found". Hope Star. 1932-01-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for Richard Damon Lines (Aged 76)". Arizona Republic. 1992-07-01. p. 28. Retrieved 2022-09-12 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Saguaro Astronomy Club: The Passing of Richard Lines
- Amateur Achievement Award winners
- History of Phoenix Astronomical Society
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