George Alcock with binoculars.jpg

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Description	Low resolution black & white image of astronomer George Alcock
Author or copyright owner	NASA Astrophysics Data Systems
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2001JBAA..111...64H Immediate source: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2001JBAA..111...64H
Date of publication	2001
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	George Alcock
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The subject died in 2000. I have not been able to find a CC-BY-SA image online.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The file is only used in the George Alcock article. The file is very low resolution and quality, to meet the stringer Wikipedia copyright requirements, rather than other higher resolution versions/
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	As the Harvard page states, the article, including the photograph, was "provided by NASA Astrophysics Data System", a US government agency, whose work is in the public domain.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2000
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