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Photo of Henrietta Leavitt
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
(1868 - 1921)		 Discovered period-luminosity relation of Cepheid variable stars leading to first determination of intergalactic distances.
Discovered chemical composition of stars. Photo of Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
(1900 - 1979)
Photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
(1943 - ) 		Discovered the first four pulsars.
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