Discovery of Cepheid Stars
A relationship between the period and luminosity for classical Cepheids is discovered in 1908 by Henrietta Swan Leavitt in an investigation of thousands of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt Biography and Timeline
Follow Henrietta Swan Leavitt through 1 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, historical timeline
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