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Historical British Spectroscopy Stellar

9.65 Brilliant

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Edmund Halley

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British Comets Proper Motion 17TH 18TH Century

9.48 Excellent

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Historical British Galaxies Spectroscopy

9.35 Excellent

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Simon White

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9.05 Excellent

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Richard Ellis

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Modern British Galaxies Surveys

9.00 Excellent

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8.92 Great

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8.91 Great

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8.90 Great

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8.86 Great

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8.84 Great

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8.72 Great

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8.39 Great

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7.31 Good

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7.11 Good

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6.75 Fair

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6.63 Fair

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German 19TH Century Observational Celestial Mechanics

6.47 Fair

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6.42 Fair

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6.15 Fair

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5.70 Mediocre