39 of the 119 globular clusters recorded in our galaxy are crowded into 3% of the sky near the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius
Abstract/Description: | Astronomical Photograph: 39 of the 119 globular clusters recorded in our galaxy are crowded into 3% of the sky near the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius; this fact eventually led Harlow Shapley to his most important astronomical discovery; an enormously larger Milky Way system, with the sun near its periphery. |
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Subject(s): | Observatories Telescopes Harvard College Observatory |
Credit Line: | Harvard College Observatory, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Shapley Collection |
Catalog ID: | Harvard College Observatory H2 |
Title: | 39 of the 119 globular clusters recorded in our galaxy are crowded into 3% of the sky near the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (black and white; 10 x 8 inches) | |
Abstract/Description: | Astronomical Photograph: 39 of the 119 globular clusters recorded in our galaxy are crowded into 3% of the sky near the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius; this fact eventually led Harlow Shapley to his most important astronomical discovery; an enormously larger Milky Way system, with the sun near its periphery. | |
Identifier(s): | Harvard College Observatory H2 (Catalog ID) | |
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Credit Line: Harvard College Observatory, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Shapley Collection |
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Subject(s): |
Observatories Telescopes Harvard College Observatory |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
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Emilio Segrè Visual Archives General Collection. https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100006~!4022~!0&ri=3&menu=search&source=~!horizon |
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