Hubble: The Man and His Telescope / LIFE

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Edwin Powell Hubble: VisionaryAstronomer

Edwin Hubble looks through the eyepiece of the 100-inch telescope at the Mt. Wilson Observatory in California.

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Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe

 " No person in history has had greater impact in determining the extent of our universe than Edwin Hubble. From proving that other galaxies existed to proving that galaxies move apart from one another, Hubble's work defined our place in the cosmos. Hubble  lived from 1889 to 1953 and is shown above posing with the 48-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain and his famous pipe. In memory of his great work, the Orbiting Space Telescope  was named after him. Today a great controversy rages  on the rate of the universe's expansion, parameterized by a quantity known as Hubble's constant. A real live debate on this subject will take place in Washington, DC this April. "

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Edwin Hubble World Book at NASA

 

Edwin Hubble - Wikipedia

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