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First Photographs with the 200-Inch Hale Telescope

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

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1949

Edwin Powell Hubble1949

Palomar Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Hubble publishes the first photographic results from the 200-inch Hale telescope, reporting images that reached substantially fainter stars and nebulae than the 100-inch Mount Wilson reflector.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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