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Invitation to Mount Wilson Observatory

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

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1917Date range
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1917

Edwin Powell Hubble1917

Pasadena, California · Science / Astronomy

George Ellery Hale invites Edwin Hubble to join the staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, offering him access to the observatory that would later support his major extragalactic discoveries.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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