Birth Name:

Sandra Faber

Female

Birth Date:

Thu, Dec 28, 1944

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Age:

79

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Cap

49'

About Sandra Faber

Sandra Moore Faber (born December 28, 1944) is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works at the Lick Observatory. She has made discoveries linking the brightness of galaxies to the speed of stars within them and was the co-discoverer of the Faber–Jackson relation. Faber was also instrumental in designing the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Inventory of the Sandra M. Faber Papers, Online Archive of California

• Dr. Faber's page @ UCSC

• See video of Dr. Faber @ Meta-Library.net

• Video of Faber explaining How Galaxies Were Cooked from the Primordial Soup on YouTube, from the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

• Oral History interview transcript with Sandra M. Faber 31 July 2002, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

• Video of Faber talking about her work, from the National Science & Technology Medals Foundation

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Sandra Faber: Sun 6 Capricorn, Moon 25 Gemini, Mercury 24 Sagittarius, Venus 20 Aquarius, Mars 23 Sagittarius, Jupiter 27 Virgo, Saturn 7 Cancer, Uranus 10 Gemini, Neptune 6 Libra, Pluto 9 Leo, Sun Opposition Saturn, Sun Quincunx Pluto, Sun Square Neptune, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Square Jupiter, Mars Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Semi Square Pluto, Saturn Square Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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Photo attribution: U.S. White House / U.S. government, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZX6GI2sLWU