Nidia Morrell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nidia Morrell

Argentine astronomer

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1953

Place of Birth: Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nidia Irene Morrell (born 3 July 1953) is an Argentine astronomer who is a permanent staff member at the Las Campanas Observatory in La Serena, Chile.
She was a member of the Massive Stars research group led by Virpi Niemelä and the Hubble Heritage Project.
Professionally, she is known for her numerous contributions related to the astrophysics of massive stars.
She participates in the systematic search for variations of brightness in stellar objects, including the observation of a candidate for the Thorne–Zytkow object.
She was also a member of the team that discovered the supernova ASASSN-15lh.