Constellation One
Female Labour
We begin with Female Labour where we learn of the countless women who have contributed to astronomy. Central to this constellation are the female computers who worked in over 20 observatories around the world from the mid-1800s to create a catalogue and map of 6.5 million stars. Thought of as mere calculators their labour was overlooked at the time and then forgotten when the mapping effort was abandoned 100 years later.
Postcards by Lily Hibberd (LH), Din Heagney (DH) and Toner Stevenson (TS).