Williamina Fleming was a Scottish astronomer. At the Harvard College Observatory she contributed to the photographic classification of stellar spectra, helping to develop a common designation system for stars, and she is credited with the discovery of the Horsehead Nebula in 1888.
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Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was a Scottish astronomer. At the Harvard College Observatory, she contributed to the photographic classification of stellar spectra, helping to develop a common designation system for stars.
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15 May 1857
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21 May 1911
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Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (15 May 1857-21 May 1911) was a Scottish astronomer.
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