* Astronomy

Dorrit Hoffleit sits near the window of her New Haven apartment, feeling every bit of her 99 years, 10 months, and five days.
She is weak. She can no longer make the short walk to the Yale University astronomy department. She can't hear very well, and she now needs a caretaker with her day and night.
Hoffleit, a senior research astronomer emeritus at Yale, is considered the oldest active female astronomer and perhaps the oldest active astronomer of any gender.

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