# @science on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-08-22T22:00:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

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✨Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was an American astronomer. She was a single mother, hired by the director of the Harvard College Observatory to help in the photographic classification of stellar spectra. She helped develop a common designation system for stars and cataloged more than ten thousand stars, 59 gaseous nebulae, over 310 variable stars, and 10 novae and other astronomical phenomena. ⁠
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Among several career achievements that advanced astronomy, Fleming is noted for her discovery of the Horsehead Nebula in 1888.⁠
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#astronomer #williaminafleming #harvardcollege #nebulae #nebula #physics #science

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