Edwin Powell Hubble1925
Hubble publishes his major study of NGC 6822, resolving stellar populations and using variable stars to demonstrate that the object is a remote stellar system beyond the Milky Way.
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Hubble publishes his major study of NGC 6822, resolving stellar populations and using variable stars to demonstrate that the object is a remote stellar system beyond the Milky Way.
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