File:Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) - Science Service.jpg

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Description	English: Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1326]
Date	Her career ran roughly from her doctorate in 1925 to retirement in 1966, though she worked for the Smithsonian after, so hard to say.
Source	Air and Space Museum online gallery
Author	Smithsonian Institution/Science Service, restored by Adam Cuerden
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	22:54, 13 November 2023	2,823 × 2,185 (2.36 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Cropped 6 % horizontally, 10 % vertically, rotated 0.73° using CropTool with precise mode. Quick crop