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Smith's Cloud was discovered by Gail Bieger-Smith during her master's – before leaving the field. '"It was my own decision," she says, "but [Jan] Oort had never left any doubt about his idea that motherhood was incompatible with a career in astronomy."'🙄 allesoversterrenkunde.nl/actueel/artikelen/_detail/gli/the-mystery-of-the-million-mass-cloud/