Williamina Fleming

Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911) was a Scottish astronomer.  She helped develop a common organization system for stars. She also and kept track of thousands of stars and other astronomical items.  Fleming discovered the Horsehead Nebula in 1888. Fleming died in Boston of pneumonia in 1911.

Honors
 The lunar crater Fleming was named after her and Alexander Fleming.

References

Other websites
 Waldee, S. R.; Hazen, M. L. (November 1990). The discovery of early photographs of the Horsehead nebula. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 102: 1337 
 The Horsehead Nebula in the 19th Century, by Waldee 
 Cannon, Annie J. (November 1911). Williamina Paton Fleming. The Astrophysical Journal. 34: 314. 
 Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens. Journal of Williamina Patton Fleming. 1900.

Category:1857 births
Category:1911 deaths
Category:British astronomers
Category:Scottish scientists