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Allan Rex Sandage

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American Cosmology Observational Mid 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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Edward Emerson Barnard

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History Observational Comets Nineteenth Century

8.4 Great

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Alexei Filippenko

Alexei Filippenko is a modern American astronomer specializing in observational studies of supernovae. His work signific...

Modern American Observational Supernovae

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Fred Whipple

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7.8 Good

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Naomi McClure-Griffiths

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Modern Radio Observational Milky Way

7.8 Good

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Carolyn S. Shoemaker

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Modern American Planetary Comets

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Maria Mitchell

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American Women Comets Nineteenth Century

7.7 Good

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Dante Minniti

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Modern Observational Variable Stars Milky Way

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7.7 Good

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David Levy

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Canadian Observational Twentieth Century Comets

7.6 Good

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William Parsons (Lord Rosse)

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Asaph Hall

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American 19TH Century Observational Planetary

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Robert Williams

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Modern American Observational Galaxy Evolution

7.3 Good

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Priscilla Fairfield Bok

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History Observational Twentieth Century Milky Way

7.3 Good

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Simon Newcomb

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American 19TH Century Planetary Celestial Mechanics

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Walter Adams

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American Early 20TH Century Observational Spectroscopy

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Johann Encke

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German 19TH Century Observational Celestial Mechanics

7.0 Good

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John Russell Hind

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19TH Century Observational Comets Asteroids

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Lewis Boss

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American 19TH Century Observational Star Catalog

6.4 Fair

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Dorothea Klumpke

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American 19TH Century Observational Pioneering Woman

6.4 Fair