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Andromeda Novae Distance Argument

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

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1917

Heber Doust Curtis1917

Lick Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Uses the faintness of novae recorded in Andromeda to argue that M31 lies far beyond the Milky Way and is an independent stellar system.

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Heber Doust Curtis

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