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Sir William Huggins, OM , FRS ( February 7 1824 – May 12 1910 ) was a British Astronomer .

He built a private Observatory and carried out extensive observations of the spectral Emission Line s and Absorption Line s of various celestial objects. He was the first to distinguish between Nebula s and Galaxies by showing that some (like the Orion Nebula ) had pure emission spectra characteristic of Gas , while others like the Andromeda Galaxy had spectra characteristic of Star s.


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  • ''Spectrum analysis in its application to the heavenly bodies''. Manchester, 1870 (Science lectures for the people; series 2, no. 3)

  • (with Lady Huggins ): ''An atlas of representative stellar spectra from 4870 to [lambda 3300, together with a discussion of the evolution order of the stars, and the interpretation of their spectra; preceded by a short history of the observatory''. London, 1899 (Publications of Sir William Huggins's Observatory; v. 1)

  • ''The Royal Society, or, Science in the state and in the schools''. London, 1906.

  • ''The scientific papers of Sir William Huggins''; edited by Sir William and Lady Huggins. London, 1909 (Publications of Sir William Huggins's Observatory; v. 2)