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Supernova in the Virgo Cluster

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Chronological records

1936

Edwin Powell Hubble1936

Science / Astronomy

Edwin Hubble and Glenn Moore publish observations of a supernova in the Virgo Cluster, adding a luminous stellar explosion in an external galaxy cluster to the developing record of supernovae.

Names involved

Edwin Powell Hubble

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