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Title
Astronomer Harlow Shapely, director of the Harvard College Observatory, writes to EPH
Creator
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972, author
Contributor
Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953, addressee
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-05-17
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Manuscripts
Rights Information
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Description
Astronomer Harlow Shapely, director of the Harvard College Observatory, writes to EPH, responding to his letter and manuscript in detail about globular clusters in the Andromeda Nebula. He discusses magnitudes, structural types, and possible interpretations of data at length. With marginal notes in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble
Type
text
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
4 p. : L.S. (typewritten)
Identifier
mssHUB 937
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/7041
Source
Edwin Hubble Papers
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library

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