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Born December 15, 1834 • Hanover • New Hampshire
Died January 3, 1908 (aged 73) • Hanover • New Hampshire
Subjects Of Study Sun • flash spectrum
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Harlow Shapley
American astronomer
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Horace Welcome Babcock
American astronomer
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Harold Delos Babcock
American astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
German astronomer
De la Rue
Warren De la Rue
British scientist and inventor
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Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert
Belgian astronomer
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Fred L. Whipple
American astronomer
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Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
American astronomer
Simon Newcomb, c. 1905.
Simon Newcomb
American astronomer and mathematician
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George Ellery Hale
American astronomer
Jane Luu
Jane Luu
American astronomer
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
American astronomer
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Geoffrey Marcy
American astronomer
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astronomer
Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter
American astronomer

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