= Dorrit Hoffleit
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Dorrit Hoffleit (1919–2022) was a prominent American astronomer renowned for her contributions to the field of variable stars. She was a professor emerita at Yale University and served as the director of the Yale University Observatory. Hoffleit made significant advancements in the cataloging and study of variable stars, including her work on the classification and analysis of these celestial objects. Her research contributed to our understanding of stellar brightness variability and she was an active member of the astronomical community for many decades.
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