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Effects of Red Shifts on the Distribution of Nebulae

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1936

Edwin Powell Hubble1936

Science / Astronomy

Hubble publishes a major analysis of how redshift assumptions affect the inferred distribution of nebulae, comparing observational counts with different cosmological interpretations.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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