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  2. Hubble sequence - Wikipedia

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    The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies published by Edwin Hubble in 1926 ... left to right on the Hubble diagram, with near ...

  3. Edwin Hubble - Wikipedia

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    Orbiting Hubble Space Telescope; Edwin P. Hubble Planetarium, located in the Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, New York; [58] Edwin Hubble Highway, the stretch of Interstate 44 passing through his birthplace of Marshfield, Missouri; [59] Hubble Middle School, a public school in Wheaton, Illinois, where he lived from 11 years old and up. [60]

  4. Spiral galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Spiral galaxies form a class of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae [1] and, as such, form part of the Hubble sequence. Most spiral galaxies consist of a flat, rotating disk containing stars , gas and dust , and a central concentration of stars known as the bulge .

  5. Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle ... - AOL

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    It was here, 100 years ago, that Edwin Hubble noted a light in the distance that would lead to one of science's greatest discoveries. By night, astronomers kept watch at the best telescopes on Earth.

  6. Elliptical galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-4. An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae, [1] along with spiral and lenticular galaxies.

  7. Hubble's law - Wikipedia

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    The parameter H is commonly called the "Hubble constant", but that is a misnomer since it is constant in space only at a fixed time; it varies with time in nearly all cosmological models, and all observations of far distant objects are also observations into the distant past, when the "constant" had a different value.

  8. Webb telescope spots record number of stars in distant galaxy

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    NASA's powerful Webb Telescope has spotted more than 40 ancient stars in a distant galaxy, researchers said in a new study. The study, published Monday in Nature, said the researchers used a ...

  9. Hubble Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy .