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Andromeda V1 Plate

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1923

Edwin Hubble6 October 1923

Mount Wilson Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Photographs M31 with the 100-inch Hooker telescope and records the star later recognized as Cepheid variable V1 on the famous VAR photographic plate.

Names involved

Edwin Hubble

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