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William Huggins was born
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he was the first to take on the idea of the spectrum of a planetary nebula.
Planetary Nebula-emiision of ionized gas ejected from the asymphtotc giant branch phase in certain stars near the end of their lives
Asymphotic giant branch- a phase in a stars life, will appear as a red giant -
he was elected a fellow of royal society
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William Huggins married 27 year old Margaret Lindsay, he was almost twice her age at the time
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delivered Bakerian lecture which was the prize lecture of being elected a fellow of royal society. It was a physical science lecture
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Huggins died