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Andrea M. Ghez

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9.6 Brilliant

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John Wheeler

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American Theoretical General Relativity Mid Late 20TH

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Joe Taylor

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John N. Bahcall

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Charles Bennett

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William Herschel

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Lyman Spitzer

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Robert H. Dicke

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9.3 Excellent

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Henry Norris Russell

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9.2 Excellent

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9.2 Excellent

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William Huggins

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Edward Pickering

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8.3 Great

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Max Wolf

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Edward Barnard

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American 19TH Century Observational Comets

7.9 Good

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William Parsons (Lord Rosse)

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7.5 Good

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Asaph Hall

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7.3 Good

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Donald Osterbrock

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American Spectroscopy Nebulae Mid 20TH Century

7.3 Good

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Simon Newcomb

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7.2 Good

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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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6.4 Fair