Word: shapleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...meeting of the National Academy of Sciences recently, Dr. Harlow Shapley, professor of Practical Astronomy, reported the discovery of a new window in the Milky Way. The window is slightly obscured by dust clouds Shapley reported, through which one can "see" 100 new galaxies...
...clues came from observing variable stars. Photographs showing the window were taken at the South African Harvard station and analyzed and studied at the Harvard Observatory. From this discovery, Shapley stated that more can be determined about the position of the sun and the earth in relation to the Gigantic Pinwheel...
...Harlow Shapley, professor of Astronomy, will retire next summer from his post as director of the Astronomical Observatory. Provost Buck announced last night. Shapley, who has held the post since 1921, will devote his time to teaching science and an expanded research program in astronomy...
Buck explained that Shapley is stepping down because of a University rule providing for the automatic retirement of administrative officials when they reach their 66th birthday...
...Shapley's future plans include a new General Education half-course on Cosmograph which he will teach this spring. The course, which will be open to juniors and senors only, will be a survey of cosmic physics and will examine what is presently known about the origins and probable destinies of stars, planets, and atoms...