▁Observ atory . ▁ ▁She ▁received ▁a ▁G ug gen heim ▁Fellow ship ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁to ▁study ▁May a ▁astronom y , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁Ful br ight ▁Sch olar ▁in ▁Japan ▁and ▁India ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 - 1 9 5 4 . ▁ ▁Mak em son ' s ▁interest ▁in ▁non - West ern ▁astronom ical ▁knowledge ▁resulted ▁in ▁several ▁mon ograph s , ▁The ▁Mor ning ▁Star ▁R ises : ▁An ▁Account ▁of ▁Pol yn esian ▁Astronom y ▁( 1 9 4 1 ), ▁The ▁Astronom ical ▁T ables ▁of ▁the ▁May a ▁( 1 9 4 3 ), ▁The ▁May a ▁Cor relation ▁Problem ▁( 1 9 4 6 ), ▁and ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁J agu ar ▁Pri est ▁( 1 9 5 1 , ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁a ▁six teenth - century ▁text ). ▁ ▁Mak em son ▁retired ▁from ▁V ass ar ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁then ▁taught ▁astronom y ▁at ▁U CLA . ▁She ▁co - author ed ▁a ▁text book , ▁Introduction ▁to ▁Ast rod ynam ics ▁( 1 9 6 0 ) ▁with ▁Robert ▁M . ▁L . ▁Baker , ▁Jr . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁App lied ▁Research ▁Labor ator ies ▁of ▁General ▁Dynam ics , ▁to ▁consult ▁with ▁NASA ▁on ▁lun ar ▁expl oration . ▁She ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁problem ▁of ▁s elen ography , ▁developing ▁a ▁way ▁for ▁astr onaut s ▁standing ▁on