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Motion of the Galactic System Among the Nebulae

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1939

Edwin Powell Hubble1939

Science / Astronomy

Hubble analyses residual radial motions of nebulae after removal of the systematic redshift trend in order to estimate the motion of the Milky Way system relative to external galaxies.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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