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Undoubtedly one of the greatest difficulties, if not the greatest of all, in the way of obtaining an understanding of the real distribution of stars in space, lies in our uncertainty about the amount of loss suffered by the light of the stars on its way to the observer.

Jacobus Kapteyn

Jacobus Kapteyn

Jacobus Kapteyn

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Born: January 19, 1851

Died: June 18, 1922 (aged 71)

Bio: Prof Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn FRS FRSE LLD was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way and was the discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation.

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