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Description: Thomas Henderson (1798-1844), c. 1820s, Scottish Astronomer Royal, and the first person to measure the distance to a star (Alpha Centauri) from Earth using a parallax method.
Title: Thomas James Henderson, 1798-1844 Henderson-01r
Credit: http://aussiethule.blogspot.ca/2006/11/thomas-james-henderson-1798-1844.html
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