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Extragalactic Nature of Spiral Nebulae

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

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1925

Edwin Powell Hubble1 January 1925

Washington, D.C. · Science / Astronomy

Hubble's results on Cepheid variables in spiral nebulae are formally presented at a joint meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Names involved

Edwin Powell Hubble

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