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New Stellar Systems in Sculptor and Fornax

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1939

Edwin Powell Hubble1939

Science / Astronomy

Edwin Hubble and Walter Baade publish observations of newly recognised stellar systems in Sculptor and Fornax, helping establish these faint systems as nearby members of the Local Group environment.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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