Historical place archive

Mount Wilson Observatory in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Mount Wilson Observatory in United States. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical events in Mount Wilson Observatory

1944

1944
Stellar Populations Resolved in Andromeda
Walter Baade · Astronomy

Resolves different stellar populations in Andromeda and distinguishes young Population I stars from older Population II stars in galactic studies.

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