#  Elsa van Dien 

 



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 ![On the left, I women looks through the eyepiece at the end of a giant telescope. There is a man facing away from us on the right of the frame and another kneeling to adjust something on the telescope.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1806/files/wolbachlibrary/files/RadcliffeCollegeArchivesPC766-9-2.jpg)

 

 **Elsa van Dien** worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1945 to 1947.

 *Stay tuned for more information on the Women Astronomical Computers who worked at the Observatory in this ongoing project!*