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Williamina Fleming

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronomer
Died
May 21, 1911
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Scotland
About
Scottish astronomer remembered for having developed a workable system for cataloging stars under the tutelage of renowned astronomer Edward Charles Pickering. In 1888, she discovered the Horsehead Nebula.
Family
She married accountant James Orr Fleming, with whom she had a son, in May 1877.

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