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Scots Who Changed the World Series 1, Williamina Fleming, Astronomer The Horsehead Nebula
Williamina Fleming was the first to notice what looked like a smudge of light on the photographic plate she was examining. It turned out to be the Horsehead Nebula. Here's a close up, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Scots Who Changed the World—Series 1, Williamina Fleming, Astronomer
The story of how a Dundee-born maid became of the most important astronomers of the time.
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